Register of Research Organisations

Below is a list of all research organisations that are currently registered for the use of research microdata files (RMFs) by CSO. Each registered research organisation has nominated an RMF Contact who will be responsible for coordinating the submission of each research proposal.  Researchers who have not previously been appointed as Officers of Statistics are required to contact their organisation’s RMF Contact who will set them up on ROSA. To determine the name and contact details of your research organisation's nominated RMF Contacts, please email rcu@cso.ie from your work/college email account and we will provide that information for organisations that are already registered. The researcher will then need to complete their own registration and training on ROSA.

It should be noted that research organisation registration does not bestow any specific status on the organisation registered or imply any preferential access to RMFs. It simply implies that the organisation level details are held on file within the CSO and that access requests for RMFs themselves will be streamlined, i.e. the organisational level detail will not have to be resubmitted with each RMF access request.

Certain organisations (e.g. private consultancy firms) carry out research on infrastructure projects on behalf of other organisations. These organisations, where approved by the CSO, are permitted to apply for access to the Place of Work, School, College or Childcare Census of Anonymised Records (POWSCCAR) RMF only.

Currently Registered Research Organisations

AECOM (POWSCCAR Only)
All-Island Research Observatory
ARUP (POWSCCAR Only)
Atlantic Technological University
Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Central Bank of Ireland
Childhood Development Initiative
Children's Health Ireland (CHI)
Compass Informatics Ltd (POWSCCAR Only)
Competiton and Consumer Protection Commission
Cork County Council - Planning Policy Unit
Cystic Fibrosis Registry of Ireland
DBFL Consulting Engineers (POWSCCAR Only)
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Department of Education
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Department of Finance
Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Department of Health
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Department of Social Protection
Dublin City University
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Economic and Social Research Institute
EnvEcon (POWSCCAR Only)
Fingal County Council
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Grant Thornton (POWSCCAR Only)
Health Information & Quality Authority
Health Research Board
Health Service Executive - Corporate and National Divisions
Health Service Executive - Community Services
Hub Planning (POWSCCAR Only)
Institute of Public Health in Ireland
Interactions Research Ltd. (POWSCCAR Only)
Irish College of General Practioners
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Irish Penal Reform Trust
Kildare County Council
KPMG Future Analytics (POWSCCAR Only)
Land Development Agency (LDA)
Limerick City & County Council - Forward Planning Section
Local Government Management Agency (LGMA)
Longford County Council
Mary Immaculate College
Maynooth University (MU)
Mayo County Council
McCutcheon Halley Planning Consultants (POWSCCAR Only)
Meath County Council - Forward Planning Department
MHL & Associates Ltd (POWSCCAR Only)
Munster Technological University
National Disability Authority (NDA)
National Economic and Social Council (NESC)
National Kidney Disease and Surveillance System and Quality Assurance Programme
National Office of Clinical Audit
National Suicide Research Foundation
National Transport Authority
Nevin Economic Research Institute
Offaly County Council
Parliamentary Budget Office
Pensions Authority
Probation Service
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
Repucon Consulting (POWSCCAR Only)
Road Safety Authority (RSA)
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
RPS Group (POWSCCAR Only)
Social Justice Ireland
SOLAS - Skills and Labour Research Market Unit
South Dublin County Council - Forward Planning Section
South East Technological University
Southern Regional Assembly
Student Universal Support Ireland
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)
Sweco Ireland Limited (POWSCCAR Only)
SYSTRA Ltd - Social and Market Research Team (POWSCCAR Only)
Tallaght University Hospital
Teagasc
Technological University Dublin (TUD)
Tipperary County Council - Planning Section
TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland
Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Trinity College Dublin / Dublin University (TCD)
University College Cork (UCC)
University College Dublin (UCD)
University of Galway
University of Limerick (UL)
Water Safety Ireland
Waterford City & County Council
Western Development Commission
Wexford County Council