National Cancer Registry Board
Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
NCRI was established by the Legislation to identify, collect, classify record, store and analyse information relating to the incidence and prevalence of cancer and related tumours in Ireland; to collect, classify, record and store information in relation to each newly diagnosed individual cancer patient and in relation to each tumour which occurs; to promote and facilitate the use of that data thus collected in approved research projects and in the planning and management of services; to publish an annual report; together with collecting and classifying information on cancer screening programmes which take place in Ireland
EU Legislative Interests
NCRI is part of the Thematic Working Group on the Cancer Inequalities Registry under the sub-group on cancer of the Steering Group on Health Promotion and Prevention and Management of Non-communicable Diseases which is managed under the auspices of the European Commission DG SANTE and is part of the European Beating Cancer Implementation Plan
Communication Activities
NCRI has attended the meetings of the Thematic Working Group.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Faculty of Public Health Medicine in Ireland United Kingdom and Ireland Association of Cancer Registries
Organisation Members
European Network of Cancer Registries International Agency for Research on Cancer
Additional Information
Confirmation that the above information is correct as of today's date (10/03/2026)
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