Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: to discuss plans around the publication of the Strategic Review of General Practice ::to discuss plans related to GPs in the programme for Government including the expanison of GP care free at the point of access to under 12 year olds and the expansion fo the chronic deisease management programmes::investment in a womend health programmeand an obesity management programme in General Practice. ::to discuss details around a flu vaccination campaign
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Anne O'Connor (Chief Executive Officer), Health Service Executive
Intent: Invitation to the CEO of the HSE to address the IMO AGM 2026
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: Invitation to the Minister for Health to address the IMO AGM 2026
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: to discuss the timeline and workforce required for new Surgical Hubs/Elective Hospitals and to seek an accelerated timeline for the expansion of Acute Bed Capacity• ::to discuss details around expansion to a 6/7 day health service::For the Department of Health to provide transparency in how the loss of private income to HSE is to be replaced. ::to discuss issues facing international doctors ::to discuss the high fees for graute entry medical students and to allow access to SUSI funding
Methods: Meeting
Politician(s) lobbied: Damien Mccallion (Chief Technology and Transformation Officer), Health Service Executive
Intent: Invitaion to present to the IMO AGM 2026 on HSE plans for the digitalisation of the health services
Methods: Email
Politician(s) lobbied: Rachel Flynn (Director of Health Information and Standards), Health Information and Quality Authority
Intent: To highlight potential issues in relation to the deplyment of AI in healthcare inclusing downstream worlkoad implications, transfer of risk to individual clinicians and risk of insitutional misuse. ::To address the unrealistic expectations placed on clinicians and to ensure that oversight, validation, bias mitigation, and performance monitoring rests with the deploying body and not with individual clinicians.
Methods: Submission
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Submission on the HIQA Draft national guidance on the responsible and safe use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the health and social care services.
Politician(s) lobbied: Rachel Flynn (Director of Health Information and Standards), Health Information and Quality Authority
Intent: To ensure that the National Standard for Hospital Discharge Information is fit for purpose and does not impose additional administrative burden on NCHDS.That the discharge summary is not over-burdened with irrelevant information and that the salient clinical information is easily retrievable. To develop a discharge summary for deceased patients to support improved diagnostic accuracy in HIPE data.
Methods: Submission
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: Robust legislation including restrictions of advertising, marketing and sale of unhealthy food and drink targeted at young people Mandatory nutritional labelling per portion size and the introduction of front of pack labelling. In light of growing evidence on the harms of social media including the use of personal dataand algorithms which tailor unhealthy content towards young people, the IMO is calling for a ban on social media for under 16 year olds.::The IMO is calling for the establishment of a cross-departmental group to examine and address thesocial, environmental and commercial determinants of health and health inequality including obesity.A greater focus on prevention is needed including evidence-basedprogrammes that promote child health from ante-natal care through to early childhood. In relation to HFSSfoods, pricing structures should be put in place to ensure that the healthy option is the affordable option.::Building on the success of the structured Chronic Disease Manageme
Methods: Submission
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2 Submissions to the Consultation on a New National Obesity Strategy
Politician(s) lobbied: Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Cahill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Ensure that Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are fit for purpose in a busy clinical environmentData for EHRs must be auto-populated from GP practice management systems. EHRs must be user friendly and the salient information easily retrievable and must not create additional administrative workload taking away from clinical time. Clarification is needed on issues in relation to patient consent, security and access to patient records, controller of patient information.::. For the Department of Health and the HSE to publish a fully funded and detailed plan to implement a fully digitalised health service, wTo include • A timeframe with specific detailed milestones included so as to monitor progress and any issues that may arise. • An assessment the IT systems and infrastructure requirements across the HSE.• A full economic impact assessment of the cost of complying with the European Health Data Space including the cost to General Practice
Methods: Submission
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance
Intent: Establish a cross-departmental group to address health inequality in Ireland. Such a group should be tasked with addressing all the social, environmental and commercial determinants of health inequality.Ensure all new policies are subject to a health impact assessment.Improve Access to Care through Investment in the Public Health System Capital and operational, - Resources should be allocated on the basis of population need.::- Increase the number of new inpatient beds from 3,438 to 5,000 under the Acute Hospital Bed Capacity Expansion Plan 2024-2031 and publish a detailed plan laying out the costs timeline and staffing for the delivery of new beds. ::Develop and fund a comprehensive medical workforce plan to increase the number of consultants and training posts to meet workforce requirements; Address ongoing challenges in recruitment and retention. Deliver on the recommendations of the National Taskforce on the NCHD Workforce;Increase the number of training posts to ensure access to t
Methods: Submission
