Updated on: 23 February 2022

1. Financial interests

a) Received research funding: any grant, contract or gift, commissioned research, or fellowship from The Cochrane Collaboration or a related organisation (i.e. any organisation related to health care or medical research) to conduct research?
Yes - Declan is Principal Investigator for a grant from the Health Research Board (HRB, Ireland) and the Health and Social Care, Research and Development (HSC R&D) Division of the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland to establish Evidence Synthesis Ireland within which Cochrane Ireland is hosted. Declan's position as Director of Cochrane Ireland and Director of Cochrane Ireland is paid 0.5FTE from this grant. Declan is also the principal investigator of the PRIORITY-3 study which sought to identify the top ten research questions on how we plan to and share rapid reviews.

b) Had paid consultancies: any paid work, consulting fees (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
No

c) Received honoraria: one-time payments (in cash or kind) from a related organisation?
No

d) Served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or held a position of management with a related organisation?
No

e) Possessed share-holdings, stock, stock options, equity with a related organisation (excludes mutual funds or similar arrangements where the individual has no control over the selection of the shares)?
No

f) Received personal gifts from a related organisation?
No

g) Had an outstanding loan with a related organisation?
No

h) Received royalty payments from a related organisation?
No

2. Do you have any other competing interests that could pose a conflict of interest that would reasonably appear to be related to the primary interest?
No