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2025-03-19
Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: A meeting to discuss biobanking legislation and to explore ways in which HRCI might support its progression.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Enacting primary biobanking legislation |
2025-02-26
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: 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.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | HRCI Position Paper 2025 |
2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Patrick O'Donovan (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Intent: A meeting to discuss increasing the spend on R&D in health.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | A request for an increase in research and development investment in the area of health |
| — | to match the EU average. |
2025-01-16
Politician(s) lobbied: Patrick O'Donovan (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Intent: A meeting to discuss how HRCI can contribute to the implementation of Impact 20230, including submissions to the Evidence for Policy Unit.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | The implementation of Impact 2030 |
2024-09-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Annie Hoey (Senator), Seanad; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pauline O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Rose Conway-Walsh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kathleen Funchion (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Anne Rabbitte (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niall Collins (Minister of State), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Colm Burke (Minister of State), Department of Health; Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Patrick O'Donovan (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Aisling Dolan (Senator), Seanad; Holly Cairns (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: 1. Over the lifetime of the next Government, increase research and development investment, year-on-year, to the EU average of 0.71% of GDP. ::2. Enact legislation on research ethics committees and biobanking to ensure that critical gaps in the research landscape are addressed within 18 months of the formation of a new Government. ::3 Ensure that health research charities are included in decision-making structures that affect their work and to which they can add value.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | HRCI Election Manifesto |
2024-05-15
Politician(s) lobbied: Patrick O'Donovan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Meeting with Minister O'Donovan to discuss the research, innovation and science aspects of his ministerial brief and share details of the work of HRCI.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Health research policies |
2024-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: An increase in the emphasis placed on health research and innovation within the Sinn Fein Priorities for Change in Health & Social Care consultation document, 2023
Methods: Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Response to Sinn Fein Priorities for Change in Health & Social Care |
| — | 2023 Consultation document |
2024-01-18
Politician(s) lobbied: David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: An increase on the emphasis on health research and innovation in the Sinn Fein Priorities for Change in Health & Social Care, 2023
Methods: Email, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Response to Sinn Fein Priorities for Change in Health & Social Care |
| — | 2023 Consultation document |
2023-04-28
Politician(s) lobbied: David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To ascertain why, according to Prof Martin Curley, administrators are blocking innovation and positive change which could lead to very real benefits for patients, researchers and clinicians within the health service
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Digital Transformation and Open Innovation in the Health Service Executive |
2023-04-28
Politician(s) lobbied: Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To ascertain what the HSE are doing to establish research support functions within the health service as Electronic Health Records are deployed
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Research support functions in the HSE |
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