Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 3)
Nursing Homes Ireland
2025-09-15
Intent: NHI is in support of this framework from the outset recognising that the piloting of such a tool has the potential to have a positive impact on the care provided to nursing home residents as well as impact positively on the staff working in all nursing homes. At the taskforce meeting on the 14th May that the economic analysis will now not be undertaken. NHI are incredulous to hear this as how can a framework be rolled out if it has not been properly costed and the financial impact assessed.
Details: NHI wrote a letter to Ms Kenna and also met with her to discuss the Pilot Implementation of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix in Long-Term Residential Settings for Older People
Officials: Rachel Kenna, Karen Greene
Methods: Letter, Karen Greene attended the meeting with Rachel Kenna from the Dept of Health. - Meeting
Hibernia College
2025-09-01
Intent: To find a solution for our nursing students to complete their maternity placement in public hospitals
Details: Correspondence with Dept of Health regarding issue of student placements for our nursing students
Officials: Rachel Kenna
Methods: Correspondence to request support and to provide an update on the situation in relation to our nursing placement issue and the change in position from the HSE - Letter
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
2025-08-29
Intent: Consultation with INMO on programme
Details: Intention to Develop a Bi-Lateral Labour Agreement for Nursing and Midwifery with Kenya
Officials: Rachel Kenna
Methods: Letter sent on 17.06.25 - Letter, Emails send on 01.07.2025 and 16.07.2025 - Email
The Health Policy Partnership
2025-05-15
Intent: Prioritisation of heart failure in the EU.::Advocating for effective lung cancer screening implementation.
Details: Heart failure and lung cancer screening.
Officials: Micheál Martin, Billy Kelleher, Professor Mary Horgan, Rachel Kenna, Seán Kelly, Maria Walsh, Barry Andrews, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
Methods: An email to the Taoiseach, following up on outreach in 2024, congratulating him on the election result, thanking him for previous support and asking for continued support of the Heart Failure Network (HFPN)'s work. Billy Kelleher MEP was also copied into this email. - Email, The HFPN team requested meetings with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer. Meeting resulted in a meeting with the cardiovascular policy unit within the Department of Health (to be covered under next period's return). - Email, Email invitation from the Lung Cancer Policy Network inviting MEPs from the 'MEPs against cancer' group to an event at the European Lung Cancer Conference (March 2025). No Irish officials attendend. - Email
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
2025-05-15
Intent: INMO seeking to find ways to increase the uptake in RNID undergraduate training and seeking a meeting with DOH re same.
Details: Registered Nurse Intellectual Disability Education
Officials: Rachel Kenna
Methods: Online meeting with Rachel Kenna CNO & NMBI - 3rd March 2025 - Virtual Meeting, Letter from INMO to Rachel Kenna CNO - 7th March 2025Letter from INMO to Rachel Kenna CNO - 14th March 2025 - Letter
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
2025-01-20
Intent: Reversal of the unfair exclusion of CPCs from the pay increase awarded to grades associated with the Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 2 pay scale.
Details: Unfair exclusion of CPCs from the pay increase awarded to grades associated with the Clinical Nurse/Midwife Manager 2 pay scale.
Officials: Stephen Donnelly, Rachel Kenna
Methods: Letter sent on 7th October 2024 - Letter, Petition delivered to gates of Leinster House on 8th October 2024 - Event / Reception
Hibernia College
2025-01-17
Intent: Information Update.
Details: Update on the provision of placements for the BSc (Hons) in Nursing in General Nursing.
Officials: Rachel Kenna
Methods: Meeting with the Chief Nursing Officer, Rachel Kenna Department of Health, at the DOH offices, on 27th November 2024. - Meeting
BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd.
2025-01-16
Intent: To inform the development of a holistic model of gender-affirming care for trans and non-binary people in Ireland.
Details: Request to meet to discuss the research 'Trans Healthcare in Ireland from Belong To and UCD.
Officials: Angela Fitzgerald, Niall Redmond, Robert Watt, Siobhán McArdle, Rachel Kenna, Derek Tierney, John Brady, Kathleen Funchion, ...
Methods: Email
Nursing Homes Ireland
2024-05-21
Intent: Was to inform Ministers and TD's that our new Strategic Plan had been launched and the focus of NHI’s new strategy is HOMES, which focuses on the resident and supporting the overall healthcare structure as an integrated and sustainable system. NHI aims to effectively represent members and provide a strong united voice for the nursing home sector which provides care to everyone who needs it. We provided a copy of the Strategic Plan and requested an opportunity to meet to present our strategy.
Details: NHI wrote to Ministers and TD's to inform them that NHI had launched our new Strategic Plan 2024-2026
Officials: Mary Butler, Stephen Donnelly, Simon Harris, Paschal Donohoe, Michael McGrath, Neale Richmond, Emer Higgins, Peter Burke, ...
Methods: Email
Hibernia College
2024-01-26
Intent: To maintain the ongoing engagement and collaboration with the office of the Chief Nurse and the HSE in the development of our BSc (Hons) in Nursing in General Nursing.
Details: Status update on the Hibernia College BSc (Hons) in Nursing in General Nursing undergraduate programme.
Officials: Rachel Kenna
Methods: An online meeting with the Chief Nursing Officer, Rachel Kenna, on Thursday 14th December. To update her on our BSc (Hons) in Nursing in General Nursing. - Virtual Meeting