Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Ian Power (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Information provision and briefing of current activites of the service specifically a scoping exercise to assess organisational readiness for a potential expansion into the mental health sector.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Two meetings. One was on 28th January 2026 with the Minister Butler, Ian Power Special Advisor, and their colleagues from the department. The second meeting was on the 4th March with Ian Power special advisor and our colleague from National Advocacy Service. Specific subject matter was to brief on Patient Advocacy Services, and a discussion on a scoping exercise we are carrying out currently, on assessing organisation readiness for a potential expansion into mental health services.
Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin Boxer Moran (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Advocating for the inclusion of commitments to continue to support and expand the Patient Advocacy Service in the Programme for Government.
Methods: Email
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Email
I emailed multiple TD's with personalised emails containing the same core asks for inclusion in the Programme for Government. Emails focused on securing continued support for the work of Patient Advocacy Service, including in long-term residential care settings, and to explore expanding PAS' remit to mental health advocacy.
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Finance; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (Minister), Department of Justice; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of the Taoiseach; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Advocating for the inclusion of commitments to continue to support and expand the Patient Advocacy Service in the Programme for Government.
Methods: Email
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Email
I emailed multiple TD's with personalised emails containing the same core asks for inclusion in the Programme for Government. Emails focused on securing continued support for the work of Patient Advocacy Service, including in long-term residential care settings, and to explore expanding PAS' remit to mental health advocacy.
Email
My two colleagues sent one email each to TDs they are familiar with, with the same core asks as I did for inclusion of commitment to support the work of PAS in the programme for government.
