Edward Timmins

Creating awareness to members of The House of the Oireachtas and Minister for Health of the need for the need for funding for those living with pulmonary fibrosis in Ireland, and the unmet needs of those patients and the challenges they face living with a life limiting…

- Implementation plan and funding of HSE Strategy - Striving to end Tuberculosis: A Strategy for Ireland - Additional funding allocation to TB Services at the National TB Centre in St. James's Hospital Dublin. - Increase staffing across both the TB Clinical Team and the Irish…

To engage and inform TD's and Senators on the current challenges in the nursing home sector. Engage on the policy and legislation required to support the sector and the nursing home providers who are large employers across the country and care for our older people.

Raise awareness of need for public knowledge of risks from alcohol including liver disease, cancer and FASD. No delay in the introduction of planned alcohol health information labelling

Seeking a meeting with new TDs to discuss the priorities of the Irish Heart Foundation. ::Raise awareness of the priorities of the Irish Heart Foundation.

To encourage TDs and Senators from across the political spectrum to sign up to a group focusing on cardiovascular health::To increase awareness among TDs and Senators of important issues relating to cardiovascular health and achieve priority for the development of services and…

Increased awareness of the need for policy measures to address alcohol harm across government through the establishment of an Alcohol Office::Development of a new alcohol strategy as part of the Drugs Strategy::Improved alcohol treatment services

Ensure Ireland's health information labelling of alcohol products goes ahead in May 2025 as provided for in law.

Raise awareness of issues around marketing of zero alcohol products using identical branding to alcohol master brands

To provide an understanding (for TDs) of being severely unwell with psychosis and severe depression from people with lived experience and how that manifested for them. To give lived experience insight into how necessary, and importantly helpful to recovery, it was to receive…

Understanding of the rare disease landscape and the priorities of people living with rare diseases.

Oireachtas Members who dropped by will consider the challenges faced by Meals on Wheels providers and support our request for an increase in funding to providers

Invitation to the launch of Buddy's Cafe in St Joseph's Centre, Shankill, to showcase this community venture which will be operated and facilitated by people living with dementia and local volunteers.

To raise the profile of rare disease policy amongst Irish political stakeholders & seek updates on a range of rare disease policy matters.

To inform public representatives of the implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers and for the health outlook of smokers who use vaping to quit or reduce their levels of smoking.