The Irish Clinical Oncology Group t/a Cancer Trials Ireland (Cancer Trials Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Clinical Oncology Group t/a Cancer Trials Ireland

Date published 20 May, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan. 2026 to 30 Apr. 2026

Specific Details Letter sent to Minister for Health advocating for Cancer Trials Ireland's membership of the Clinical Trials Advisory Committee, arising from the recommendations of the NCTOG report

Intended results Inclusion on Clinical Trials Advisory Committee

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Angela Clayton Lea, CEO Cancer Trials Ireland

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?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Jennifer Caroll-McNeill (Currently employed as a DPO) Minister (Department of Health)

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.

Letter (1)

Letter to Minister sent Jan 29th 2026

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)