Lung Fibrosis Strategy Launch – 11th June – Please Help!

ILFA will be launching a groundbreaking strategy for equitable lung fibrosis care in Ireland in the A.V. room of Leinster House on the 11^th of June at 10 am.  

We need your help! Here is a short video from our CEO, Maureen O’Donnell with details: https://youtu.be/f6i4P4lIyV8

Between now and the 11^th we need you to call or visit (don’t email) your TDs and Senators to demand they show their support for lung fibrosis patients in their constituency by attending the A.V. room briefing. Following the briefing they must champion our cause and urge the Minister for Health to implement the recommendations made in the strategy.

It is critical that we use this opportunity to affect real change and that won’t happen if politicians don’t attend the briefing. As their constituents and as patients or people caring for patients living with lung fibrosis your story is incredibly powerful to them. They want to help us but they need a reason to prioritise this. You can be that reason.

We want all TD’s and Senators to attend, but there are a few in particular that absolutely must be there. These are senior leaders and the representatives of Health Committee in the Oireachtas and they are as follows:

• Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF – Cork South Central) (021) 432 0088 or (01) 619 4000
• Tánaiste Simon Harris (FG – Wicklow) (01) 618 3805 or (01) 281 3727
• Minister Jennifer Caroll MacNeill (FG-Dún Laoghaire) (087) 925 7559
• Minister Mary Butler (FF- Waterford) (058) 43 499 or (051) 841 437
• Sean Kyne, Leader of the Senate (FG – Galway West) 016184426
• Padraig Rice, Health Committee Chair (SD – Cork South Central) (01) 618 4172
• Colm Burke, Health Committee (FG – Cork North Central) (021) 456 4552 or (01) 618 4995 or (021) 482 4577
• Michael Cahill, Health Committee (FF – Kerry) (01) 618 4191
• Sorca Clark, Health Committee (SF – Longford Westmeath) (01) 6183455
• Martin Daly, Health Spokesperson (FF – Galway) 087 239 8249
• David Cullinane (SF – Waterford) (051) 856 066 or (01) 618 4960
• Padraig O’Sullivan, Health Committee (FF – Cork North Central) (021) 4502289 or (021) 4385369 or (01) 6184505
• Peter Roche, Health Committee (FG – Galway East) (01) 618 3876
• Marie Sherlock, Health Committee (Labour – Dublin Central) (01) 618 4564
• Duncan Smith (Labour – Dublin Fingal East) (01) 618 3791

Please contact only the politicians in your constituency.

Thank you for your support!