Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To increase awareness of the Climate and Health Alliance report on air quality and health via a launch event at the AV room in the Oireachtas.
Methods: Email
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Email
An email was sent on January 21st on behalf of a Climate and Health Alliance working group responsible to seek support for the launch of a report on air quality and health, to which the above-named was a co-signatory.
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health
Intent: To inform the Minister for Mental Health about plans to submit a planning application to enhance and develop mental healthcare facilities at St Patrick's Hospital Lucan.
Methods: Letter
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Letter
The letter was sent on 4th November.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: To inform the Minister for Health of imminent plans to submit a planning application, to enhance and develop the mental healthcare facilities at St Patrick's Hospital Lucan.
Methods: Letter
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Letter
The letter was sent on 4th November.
Politician(s) lobbied: Richard Shakespeare (Chief Executive Officer), Dublin City Council
Intent: To discuss the current zoning of the St Patrick's University Hospital site.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
On 17th November, at a meeting with the Dublin City Council CEO and the Head of Development Management and Land Use Policy Planning, the current zoning of the St Patrick's University Hospital site was discussed.
Politician(s) lobbied: Caroline Brady (Councillor), South Dublin County Council; Helen Farrell (Councillor), South Dublin County Council
Intent: To share information about the organisation's upcoming planning submission to enhance and expand the existing mental healthcare facilities at the campus at St Patrick’s Hospital Lucan.
Methods: Event / Reception
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Event / Reception
On Tuesday 18th November, a briefing event on proposed development of the St Patrick's Lucan campus took place at St Patrick's Lucan and was attended by the two named councillors.
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: To advocate for a change in the practice of using therapy or clinical notes of sexual assault survivors in related legal cases.
Methods: Letter
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Letter
The letter was co-signed along with other parties and published as an open letter in the Irish Examiner 9th June.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: To raise awareness of the harmful health impacts of solid fuel burning in homes, and the need to continue to prioritise healthy, sustainable forms of home heating in the wake of Storm Eowyn.
Methods: Unknown
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The SPMHS advocacy manager was a co-signatory to a letter to city and county councillors about the need to prioritise healthy
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sustainable forms of home heating and to raise awareness of the harmful health impacts of solid fuel burning in homes.
Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To call for continued commitment to active and public transport and to highlight the health benefits of same, including for mental health.
Methods: Letter
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: To advocate for adequate funding for mental health services.
Methods: Letter
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Letter
A letter sent to the Taoiseach in September calling for a prioritisation of adequate funding for mental health services in the upcoming Budget was co-signed by the CEO.
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: To advocate for progress of the Mental Health Bill.
Methods: Letter
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Letter
A letter by Mental Health Reform was sent to the Taoiseach in November before the General Election, calling for prioritisation of progress of the Mental Health Bill, and was co-signed by the CEO.
