Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 3)
Home and Community Care Ireland
2025-01-21
Intent: Secure an additional 500 employment permits for home carers.::Secure commitment from the Department of Health and HSE to develop a workforce strategy for home care. ::Secure funding for workforce measures (primarily increased wage & mileage/travel time payments) as part of the rate review for the HSE Home Support Authorisation Scheme.
Details: Home care workforce issues
Officials: Siobhán McArdle, Robert Watt, Emer Higgins, Mary Butler
Methods: Email to Emer Higgins TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Business, Employment and Retail to request additional employment permits. - Email, Email to Siobhan McArdle, DOH Assistant Secretary with Robert Watt, DOH Secretary General copied on developing a workforce strategy for home care workers. - Email, Email to Mary Butler TD, Minister for Mental Health and Older People, with Siobhan McArdle, DOH Assistant Secretary copied, requesting a pathway to securing funding for workforce measures on the HSE Home Support Authorisation Scheme. - Email
Roche
2025-01-21
Intent: Realise opportunities to improve the efficiency of the processes ofassessment that determine the value of new medicines in Ireland.
Details: Patient access to new medicines
Officials: Robert Watt, Siobhán McArdle, Colm Burke, David Cullinane
Methods: Letter
The Irish Hospice Foundation
2025-01-20
Intent: The issues related to Advance Care Planning (ACP) were discussed in terms of considering how they could be included in the implementation of the National Adult Palliative Care Policy.
Details: Discussion about Advance Care Planning (ACP), in particular the need for Key Performance Indicators for professionals to engage with ACP with patients and the need for additional community based supports for ACP.
Officials: Siobhán McArdle
Methods: Informal communication
BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd.
2025-01-16
Intent: To inform the development of a holistic model of gender-affirming care for trans and non-binary people in Ireland.
Details: Request to meet to discuss the research 'Trans Healthcare in Ireland from Belong To and UCD.
Officials: Angela Fitzgerald, Niall Redmond, Robert Watt, Siobhán McArdle, Rachel Kenna, Derek Tierney, John Brady, Kathleen Funchion, ...
Methods: Email
Dublin Simon Community
2024-11-15
Intent: Funding confirmed and Minister visits the facility.
Details: Sought support from Minister to secure funding for Ushers Island Homeless Treatment Facility and visit the facility
Officials: Colm Burke, Siobhán McArdle
Methods: Minister visited the facility in response to the invitation - Letter
Danone Ireland
2024-09-20
Intent: To secure meetings with each Designated Public Official contacted to discuss the role of medical nutrition in enhancing care for older people, providing postive health outcomes for patients and delivering significant benefits to the health system.
Details: Letters to eight Designated Public Officials (A Minister of State at the Department of Health, two Assistant Secretaries at the Department of Health, and five members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health) providing an overview of Danone Specialised Nutrition and requesting meetings, to discus, ...
Officials: Mary Butler, Niall Redmond, Bernard Durkan, Siobhán McArdle, Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Cathal Crowe, Seán Crowe, John Lahart
Methods: Letters to eight Designated Public Officials (A Minister of State at the Department of Health, two Assistant Secretaries at the Department of Health, and five members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health) providing an overview of Danone Specialised Nutrition and requesting meetings, to discuss the role of medical nutrition in enhancing care for older people, delivering positive health outcomes for patients, and benefits to the health system. - Letter
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited
2024-05-21
Intent: Raise concerns that members have in terms of health policy and how work on the ground can support the work of Department of Health.
Details: Community &Voluntary Pillar Bilateral with Department of Health
Officials: Siobhán McArdle
Methods: Virtual Meeting
The Psychological Society of Ireland
2024-05-21
Intent: The PSI aims to reform the 2001 Act to be aligned with human rights and person centered mental health policy through reforms to the governance structure, an inclusive approach in mental health treatment, a restructured Consent to Treatment, and prioritising the wellbeing and rights of children.
Details: The PSI's recommended reform of the Mental Health Act, 2001
Officials: Siobhán McArdle, Mary Butler, Bernard Durkan
Methods: Letter to Minister of State with Responsibility for Mental Health, Mary Butler and Ms Siobhán McCardle, Assistant Secretary at the Department of Health regarding the PSI's views on reforming the Mental Health Act, 2001 through the Mental Health Bill. - Letter, Meeting between PSI President, Dr Odhran Mc Carthy, PSI CEO Sheena Horgan, and Minister of State with Responsibility for Mental Health, Mary Butler regarding the publication of the government's legislation of the Mental Health Bill. - Meeting, Meeting between PSI President, Dr Odhran Mc Carthy, PSI CEO Sheena Horgan, and Deputy Bernard Durkan, T.D regarding the PSI's goals for Mental Health Act, 2001 reform and presentation in front of the Oireachtas Committee on Health. - Meeting
Age Action
2023-09-21
Intent: Raise concerns from across the CV sector, including the concerns of older persons.
Details: Community and Voluntary Pillar bilateral meeting with D Health officials
Officials: Siobhán McArdle
Methods: Virtual Meeting
Family Carers Ireland
2023-09-21
Intent: Awareness of issues affecting the CV sector-::FCI specifically lobbied on ‘Stakeholder engagement in relation to the recently established Commission on Care. FCI would like to be able to contribute to the work of the commission and provide a voice for family carers in their deliberations.’
Details: Issues affecting the community and voluntary sector
Officials: Siobhán McArdle
Methods: Virtual Meeting