The Academy regularly contributes to government consultations and higher education working groups and participates in international scientific working groups and academic networks. These relationships link the Irish academic and scientific community to important national international networks policy and scientific networks and provide a route through which the Irish academic and scientific community can influence European R&D and science policy debates. The Academy currently participates in the following taskforces/working groups:
- Dept. Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Taskforce on Research Prioritisation
- All European Academies Association (ALLEA) Board Member
- European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), Board Member
- European Network of Research Integrity Offices
- European Consortium of Humanities Research Institutes
- International Council of Science Unions
- ALLEA Working Group on Inquiry Based Science Education
- EASAC Working Group on Energy
- EASAC Working Group on Biosciences
- EASAC Working Group on Solar Power
- EASAC Working Group on Environment
- EASAC Working Group on Carbon Capture and Storage
- Dublin European City of Science organising Committee
- IUA Working Group on national Research Integrity Structures
Submissions made by the Royal Irish Academy and Academy Committees to national consultations, 2006 - 2010
2009
Academy submission to the Consultation on the National Strategy for Higher Education Guidance Document (June 2009)
‘Making the best of Third Level Science': submission to the Consultation on the National Strategy for Higher Education Guidance Document (June 2009)
2008
Submission by the Royal Irish Academy to the Higher Education Authority’s consultation on proposals for the incorporation of performance into institutional funding (March 2008)
Submission by the Royal Irish Academy Science Secretary and Academy Committees for Mathematical Sciences, Engineering Sciences and Chemical and Physical Sciences to the Department of Education and Science and other interested parties on the award of ‘bonus points for maths’ (March 2008)
2007
Submission by the RIA Committee for Mathematical Sciences to the Discover Science and Engineering consultation on the development of a strategic framework to support and promote mathematics at second level in Ireland (October 2007)
Submission by the Royal Irish Academy to the Department of Education and Science consultation on the development of its 2008 Statement of Strategy (September 2007)
Submission by the Royal Irish Academy to the Forfás consultation on the development of a national response to the European Commission’s Green Paper The European Research Area: a vision for the Future (September 2007)
Submission by the RIA Committee for Astronomy and Space Science on The Case for Irish Membership of the European Space Observatory made to the Office of the Chief Science Advisor (August 2007)
Submission by the Royal Irish Academy Science Secretary to the Office of the Chief Science Advisor Report of the RIA Discussion Forum on Irish Science (August 2007)
2006
Submission by the RIA Committee for Geosciences on the EXPLORATION STATION initiative (December 2006)
A follow-on submission by the Royal Irish Academy to the HEA/ Forfás higher education national research infrastructure review (October 2006)
Submission by the RIA Committee for Geosciences to the National Development Plan Putting our Knowledge of the Earth to work for Ireland (October 2006)
Response by the RIA Irish Committee for Climate Change to the publication of Ireland’s Pathway to Kyoto Compliance – Review of the National Climate Change Strategy (September 2006)
Submission by the RIA Committee for Archaeology to the Heritage Council on its draft document Research Needs in Irish Archaeology: Framework for a National Archaeological Research Programme (September 2006)
Submission by the Royal Irish Academy to the Higher Education Authority / Forfás consultation on higher education research infrastructure (July 2006)
Submission by the RIA Committee for Life Sciences to Forfás on the draft European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (May 2006)
Submission by the RIA Committee for Archaeology to the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the future preservation of the Woodstown Viking site (March 2006)
Submission by the RIA Committee for Archaeology to the Heritage Council consultation Air and Earth: Aerial Archaeology in Ireland (February 2006)
Submission by the RIA Committee for Mathematical Sciences to the NCCA Review of Mathematics in Post-Primary Education.