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Medical Research and Training
The Clinical Trials Advisory Council’s membership process has concluded, with establishment and its inaugural meeting expected shortly to oversee implementation of NCTOG recommendations.
3360. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the membership of the Clinical Trials Advisory Council will be appointed and announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56013/26]
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3417. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the Clinical Trials Advisory Council (CTAC) will convene for the first time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56248/26]
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3418. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to publish a timeline for the Clinical Trials Advisory Council (CTAC) to implement the recommendations made by the National Clinical Trials Oversight Group (NCTOG); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56249/26]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 3360, 3417 and 3418 together.
Dear Deputy Sherlock and Deputy Clarke,
On behalf of the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, I would like to thank you for your correspondence.
The establishment of the Clinical Trials Advisory Council (CTAC) is a key commitment under the recommendations of the National Clinical Trials Oversight Group (NCTOG) and will play an important role in continuing the process of transforming the clinical trials landscape in Ireland.
An Expression of Interest process to appoint members to the Council has now concluded. My Department is in the final stages of establishing the new Council, with a view to convening the inaugural meeting of the Council as soon as possible.
Once established, the CTAC will provide strategic oversight and direction towards ensuring the recommendations developed by NCTOG are implemented in full.
I look forward to announcing the membership of the CTAC in due course and convening the inaugural meeting of the new Council in the near future.
Yours faithfully,
Private Secretary