Legislation facilitating Health Research -

Legislation facilitating Health Research

How can legislation facilitate health research?

Outcome Report and Chairman’s Summary

Date: May 2016

Agenda

Briefing Paper

Presentations

Professor Gerry Loftus, Chair of the IHRF welcomes attendees to the Forum

Presentation Slides

Mr Muiris O’Connor, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health, provides ‘The Department’s Perspective’ on legislation for health research

Presentation Slides

Dr Beth Thompson, Senior Policy Advisor, Wellcome Trust, presents on the ‘Impact of the new EU Data Protection Regulation on Health Research’

Presentation Slides

Professor David Smith Associate Professor of Healthcare Ethics RCSI and Director of the MSc in Health Care Ethics and Law in RCSI on ‘Regulations and Ethical Challenges’

Briefing Paper

How does the research environment need to be underpinned by legislation? Panel Discussion chaired by Dr Sarah Barry, TCD