RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)

Lobbying Organisation RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)

Date published 21 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Introduction to the Genomic Data Infrastructure Project

Intended results Raising awareness of the Genomic Data Infrastructure Ireland project, and that any public investments in data infrastructure were made with knowledge of the Genomic Data Infrastructure project.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Prof Gianpiero Cavalleri

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 (2-5)

Project team emailed William Beausang Assistant Secretary DFHERIS to meet to discuss the project in relation to planning for national high performance computing. Project team met in person and gave an introduction to the project. A written brief on the project was submitted via email following the meeting.

Meeting (1)

Submission (1)

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.

William Beausang Assistant Secretary (Department of Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science)