World Lung Day – 25th September – Please Help!

ILFA will be providing lung health checks and getting the word out about the inequitable healthcare our patients face at Buswells  on the 25^th of September 10 am-12 pm.  

We need your help! Here is a video from our CEO, Maureen O’Donnell with details: https://youtu.be/MbqlU9qKyEM

Between now and the 25^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 Buswells event. The event is being held in conjunction with the Irish Thoracic Society, the Asthma Society, COPD Ireland and Alpha-1. Politicians will receive important information that helps them champion the rights of lung fibrosis patients and so it’s vitally important they attend. 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 Carroll 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.

Also you can watch our recent Let’s Talk Advocacy webinar to learn more about advocating for ILFA on an ongoing basis.

Thank you for your support!