Health Research Charities Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Health Research Charities Ireland

Date published 26 Feb, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details HRCI Position Paper 2025

Intended results A commitment to furthering the asks included in the HRCI Position Paper 2025 including resourcing the HSE Action Plan for Health Research, 2019 - 2029, enacting legislation on research ethics committees and biobanking and an increase in research and development investment, to the EU average of 0.71% of GDP, with a particular focus on health and social care research.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Linda McGrath

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Request sent to the Minister requesting a meeting to share the HRCI Position Paper 2025 and provide further information on the asks and the work of HRCI.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)