Patrick O'Donovan

Securing improved or committed funding for Cobh Hospital to support local healthcare capacity and services.

To secure meetings with Oireachtas members to highlight the role of insourcing and its contribution in reducing waiting lists.

To secure future funding for the NISIG Helpline, to maintain this crucial support for those in need of assistance particularly at times of great emotional stress.::NISIG are calling for a wider and more sufficiently funded public funding system for IVF including significantly…

To secure meetings with Oireachtas members to highlight the role of insourcing and its contribution in reducing waiting lists

To engage local communities/wider public audiences and policymakers to improve the health and wellness of those living with brain conditions.

Garner support for the project and ask for future support for applications such as Sports Grant applications and local authority issues

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

To secure funding for development of therapy centre for children with disabilities

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.

We hope to increase understanding about the impact of our volunteers and our organisation amongst elected representatives. We hope to show how vital our work is and to explore new mechanisms of funding for the life saving work we do throughout the country.

For them to support our campaign to enhance Epilepsy Services & Infrastructure nationally to improve access to specialist services and treatments for the 45,000 people living with epilepsy in Ireland.::For them to support our campaign to expand the HSE’s Chronic Disease…

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.