Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
2025-08-29
Intent: Engagement with the HSE
Details: INMO attempting to engage with HSE South West regarding media reports of new injuries unit, Killarney area
Officials: Andy Phillips
Methods: Letter sent on 30th May 2025 - Letter
FASD Ireland CLG
2025-05-21
Intent: That the relevant person would attend the conference.
Details: Invitations to FASD in Ireland Conference
Officials: Bernard Gloster, Andy Phillips, Kate Killeen White, Martina Queally, Sara Long, Tony Canavan, Sandra Broderick, Cathal Crowe, ...
Methods: Invitation to all TDs and Senator in Clare to attend the FASD in Ireland Conference. - Email, Invitation to all REOs and the CEO of the HSE to attend the FASD in Ireland Conference. - Email, Invitation to the Minister of State for Disability to attend the FASD in Ireland Conference. - Email, ...
Irish Medical Organisation
2025-05-21
Intent: to highlight the social and commercial determinants of poor health and the need for cross departmental action on health inequalities::to highlight the relationship between access to pornography and sexual and gender-based violence and the need for legislation in this area. ::to highlight the current issues in relation to the Mental Health Bill 2024 and the involuntary admission and treatment of patients with severe mental illness
Details: Invitation to attend the IMO AGM 2025 educational sessions
Officials: Sara Long, Martina Queally, Kate Killeen White, Tony Canavan, Sandra Broderick, Andy Phillips
Methods: Email invitation to attend the educational sessions at the IMO AGM 2025 in Killarney - Email
Disability Federation of Ireland
2025-05-16
Intent: To increase awareness of DFI, our role and purpose. Share data from the CSO on disability prevalence in their region. Profile DFI members in their region. And to raise topics of concern to our members to the REO - funding, capacity, and communication.
Details: HSE Restructuring - Health Regions and REOs
Officials: Tony Canavan, Andy Phillips, Sandra Broderick
Methods: 3 Meetings held with HSE REOs in Q1 2025: - Meeting with Tony Canavan (REO West and North-West) on 17/01/25. - Meeting with Dr Andy Phillips (REO South and South-West) on 20/03/25. - Meeting with Sandra Broderick (REO Midwest) on 25/03/25. - Meeting
St Luke's Home Cork CLG
2025-05-16
Intent: Correct Funding Model for Saint Lukes Cork::Include Saint Lukes Cork ( as in scope) in the March 2025 WRC agreement between ICTU and Government ::see above
Details: A S39 not for profit organisation with voluntary and charitable status seeking appropriate funding to stem operating losses, achieve pay parity with our colleagues in the HSE through appropriate means ( NTPF or Legislation)
Officials: Micheál Martin, Seamus McGrath, Jerry Buttimer, Michael McGrath, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Pádraig Rice, Colm Burke, Eoghan Kenny, ...
Methods: 20 issued with correspondence ( 13 responses/ communications received) - Email, Virtual Meeting
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
2025-05-13
Intent: That immediate action is taken to urge the National Director of HR to activate the adverse weather policy, as detailed in the HSE Red Weather Event Policy, to safeguard the well-being of employees.
Details: Request to activate adverse weather policy in response to Met Éireann red weather warning for Cork and Kerry
Officials: Andy Phillips
Methods: Letter sent on 22nd January 2025 - Letter
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
2025-05-13
Intent: To seek that the HSE South West will take all necessary steps to ensure that the facility will be operated by HSE-employed staff and that any current work related to the commissioning of an external provider to operate the facility will be immediately suspended.
Details: Breach of the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026 as HSE South West intended to contract a private healthcare provider to staff and operate the HSE facility in Blarney Co. Cork
Officials: Andy Phillips
Methods: Meeting held on 14th January 2025 - Meeting, Joint letter from INMO, Forsa, and SIPTU sent on 16th January 2025 - Letter
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
2025-05-13
Intent: The establishment of a protocol to manage patients who are medically fit for discharge but who continue to remain as inpatients, as well as the filling of all vacant paediatric nursing positions.
Details: Health & safety and staffing concerns in the paediatric unit in Cork University Hospital
Officials: Andy Phillips
Methods: Meeting held on 18th of February 2025 - Meeting, Letter sent on 19th February 2025 - Letter
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
2025-05-13
Intent: To secure confirmation that the HSE will seek to directly resource and manage the unit once a location has been found, and to remind the HSE that there is a requirement to engage with the INMO re. staffing and governance.
Details: Planned local injuries unit in the Killarney area
Officials: Andy Phillips
Methods: Letter sent 20th March 2025 - Letter
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
2025-05-13
Intent: To advise the HSE that Joint Organising Committees (INMO and Forsa) are to be established within each of the 6 Health Regions in order to progress members mandate. Once these are established, there will be further rollout of the Joint Organising Committees at the hospital and IHA level.
Details: The unsafe approach to workforce planning by the HSE nationally resulting in growing health and safety concerns due to inadequate staffing and additional workloads
Officials: Bernard Gloster, Anne Marie Hoey, Andy Phillips, Kate Killeen White, Martina Queally, Sandra Broderick, Sara Long, Tony Canavan
Methods: Ongoing correspondence re. industrial action action, seeking information re. staffing (e.g. number of agency staff, number of vacancies, etc), and seeking to resolve the issue of staffing deficits - Email