Irish Dental Association

Total Lobbying Efforts: 105

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Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 11)

2025-09-02
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Interview with the Minister of Health
Methods: Email
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Invitation to Minister of Health to be interviewed by the Journal of the Irish Dental Association
2025-08-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Letter of thanks to the Minister for Finance for his considered reply to a question from the Irish Dental Association at an IIPA meeting held on June 11th regarding of reform of the Med 2 reliefs to increase access to dental care and his reference to the possibility of deadweight loss associated with any changes. This response will be taken into consideration as part of the Association's 2026 pre-budget submission.
Methods: Email
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Letter of thanks to Minister for Finance
2025-08-05
Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Intent: Request for meeting to outline the Associations concerns surrounding the provision of dental places in third-level institutions and the shortfall in the number of dentists entering the profession in Ireland and to explore potential collaborative solutions.
Methods: Email
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Letter to Minister James Lawless regarding the provision of dental places in third-level institutions.
2025-08-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: Pre-budget submission outlining priorities and concerns identified by the Irish Dental Association for consideration in preparation of Budget 2026 as it relates to the provision of dental care in Ireland.
Methods: Email
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Irish Dental Association Pre-budget submission sent to Ministers for Finance
Health and Public Expenditure
2025-08-05
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Request for assistance in regard to a serious problem which has arisen regarding the operation of an agreed fees review process related to the Dental Treatment Benefit Scheme (DTBS) which provides dental care to 3.4m eligible PRSI contributors.
Methods: Email
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Letter to Deputy Martin Daly regarding a fee review of the Dental Treatment Benefit Scheme
2025-04-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Attendance of Kilkenny/Carlow TDs at the IDA Annual Conference to meet IDA local representatives and executive staff to discuss oral health matters effecting patients, especially children and medical card holders, dentists working in private practice and those working in the Public Dental Service
Methods: Email
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Invitation to IDA Annual Conference - Kilkenny
May 15th-17th
2025-02-07
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Opportunity for members to hear the near time priorities of the Department of Health regarding the implementation of Smile agus Slainte OHP and response from incoming IDA President Dr Will Rymer
Methods: Email
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Invitation by email to Minister for Health to attend and address the membership at the IDA Annual Conference dinner on May 16th 2025ernence
2025-01-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Meeting with the Minister of Health to discuss oral health priorities
Methods: Email
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Letter of introduction to Minister of Health
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
2025-01-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Robert Troy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Email enquiry to establish interest in becoming a seanad nominee for the Irish Dental Association
Methods: Email
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Emails re nominations to Seanad Eireann
2025-01-29
Politician(s) lobbied: Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Roderic O'Gorman (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Inclusion of policies relating to Oral Health in the new Programme for Government
Methods: Email
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Emails to dail deputies re priorities for dentistry in the next Dáil