Ged Nash

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

Raise awareness of Alcohol Action Ireland's proposal for Budget 2026 including the need for an increase in excise duties to pay for costs of alcohol harm and increases in funding for alcohol harm related services.

Raising awareness about rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU and improving access to treatments for rare disease patients

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.

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…

To make members of the Oireachtas aware of services provided by Sage Advocacy to survivors of institutional abuse in advance of any forthcoming Dail debate.

Info and assistance in getting info about health insurers refusal to cover the service

ICP launched a Pre-Budget 2025 Submission to Government, & General Election Manifesto addressed to all political parties. Both documents included a call for the inclusion of specific commitments by all parties in health/mental health, education & finance. ICP called on all…

To ask election candidates to sign the Irish Cancer Society General Election pledge.::To congratulate TD's on their election to the 34th Dáil and provide introduction.::To inform general election candidates of ICS election priorities.

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.

Establishment of an Alcohol Office to develop coherent cross-government policy to address issues around alcohol harm.

Commitment to include chronic pain key asks on next programme of Government i.e. 1. Increase Number of Chronic Pain Clinics and Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) 2. Implement ICD-11 for Chronic Pain Recognition 3. Establish a National Registry for Chronic Pain 4. Universal Medical…

To inform the development of a holistic model of gender-affirming care for trans and non-binary people in Ireland.

To propose that the 5-year land/business transfer clause is reduced to a maximum of three years to allow more farmers to benefit from the Fair Deal Scheme.::To propose a new, statutory Home Support scheme needs to be introduced urgently and adequately funded to support older…