Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Healy (National Director for Service and Schemes), Health Service Executive; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: EmailLetter
Details by Method
Email
Follow up emails sent to DPOs on issue of community audiology following World Hearing Day campaign
Letter
Letter sent via email on the issue of community audiology
Politician(s) lobbied: Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Peter Roche (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Noel McCarthy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mattie McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: Event / ReceptionEmailInformal communication
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Event / Reception
Access to Care policy briefing held Nov 2025 and attended by TDs, Senators and their staff.
Email
Briefings sent via email on the issue of community audiology
Email
Emails sent/exchanged to discuss the inclusion of quote from TD in 2025 Access to Care report
Informal communication
Informal communication with Minister as part of Access to Care policy briefing held Nov 2025
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; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul McAuliffe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: LetterEmail
Details by Method
Letter
Briefings sent via email on the issue of community audiology
Email
Follow-up emails from briefings shared on audiology services and on related parliamentary questions
Politician(s) lobbied: Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Ó Fearghaíl (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pat Buckley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: LetterEmailMeeting
Details by Method
Letter
Briefings sent via email on the issue of community audiology
Email
Follow-up emails from briefings shared on audiology services
Meeting
Meeting to discuss the provision of audiology services in Ireland and current waiting lists
Politician(s) lobbied: Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shortall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: EmailLetter
Details by Method
Email
Engagement with Joint Health Committee members on the 2024 Hearing Health Report and an invitation to provide a quote for the report
Letter
Letter sent via email on the issues of community audiology and link to loneliness
Politician(s) lobbied: Fergus O'Dowd (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Róisín Shortall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: EmailLetter
Details by Method
Email
Engagement on Hearing Health 2024 report and audiology waiting lists
Letter
Letter sent via email on the issues of community audiology and optometry needs and services
Politician(s) lobbied: Fergus O'Dowd (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: EmailMeetingLetter
Details by Method
Email
As a follow-up to an in-person meeting, email sent with suggested parliamentary questions for the Deputy to submit on audiology waiting lists
Meeting
In-person meeting held on the issue of audiology waiting lists
Letter
Letter sent via email on the issue of a National Hearing Care Plan
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pa Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fergus O'Dowd (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: Letter
Details by Method
Letter
Letter sent via email to the DPOs as listed on the issues of community audiology and community optometry
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niall Collins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: Letter
Details by Method
Letter
Letter sent via email to the DPOs as listed on the issues of community audiology and community optometry
Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Stanton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Heather Humphreys (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marc Ó Cathasaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Gerard Craughwell (Senator), Seanad; Violet Anne Wynne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shortall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Donnelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improved audiology and eye care services in the community
Methods: MeetingEmailLetter
Details by Method
Meeting
Arranged a store visit / meeting in a Dublin Specsavers store with Paul Donnelly TD to discuss Specsavers community services
Email
Correspondence with the office of Heather Humphreys TD aiming to organise a store visit to a local Specsavers store
Letter
Letter sent via email to the DPOs as listed on the issues of community audiology and community optometry
