ICON plc

Lobbying Organisation ICON plc

Date published 20 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Health

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details Providing information to the Minister for Health on infrastructure improvements required to make Ireland a more attractive location for clinical trials

Intended results Emphasise the benefit of improving clinical trial attractiveness

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Steve Cutler, CEO; Rose Kidd, President of Operations Delivery; Gareth Milborrow, Executive Vice President, Site & Patient Solutions

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.

Meeting (1)

Minister Stephen Donnelly attended the offices of ICON plc on 27 June 2024, to learn about the clinical trial process in Ireland. Information was provided to the Minister about the infrastructure improvements needed to make clinical trials more feasible in Ireland and the potential benefit to Ireland relating to same. Location: ICON plc, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 Time: Estimated 30 minutes Arranged by: Alan Hobbs, Head of Global Irish Business at Enterprise Ireland

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.

Stephen Donnelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Stephen Donnelly Minister (Department of Health)