Acknowledgements

HSE Sexual Health Programme

• Dr Nicola O’Connell, Research Manager
• Dr Éadaoin Butler, Interim Research Manager
• Ms Fiona Murphy, Research Assistant
• Ms Orla McGowan, Programme Manager
• Professor Fiona Lyons, Ms Caroline Hurley, Ms Moira Germaine, Ms Rachael Metrustry, Ms Caoimhe McClafferty and all other HSE Sexual Health Programme staff 

HSE

• Dr Maria Quinlan, General Manager of the National Research & Development Team, HSE
• Ms Noreen Turley, HSE Communications & Information Manager

Steering Group

• Dr Peter Barrett (HSE South)
• Dr Soazig Clifton (University of Glasgow)
• Dr Michael Courtney (Department of Health)
• Dr Hanneke de Graaf (Rutgers Institute, The Netherlands)
• Ms Lisa Delaney (Department of Health)
• Ms Moira Germaine (HSE SHP)
• Ms Caroline Hurley (HSE SHP)
• Dr Derval Igoe (HPSC)
• Professor Fiona Lyons (HSE SHP and St James Hospital)
• Dr Fiona Mansergh (Department of Health)
• Dr Ciara McCarthy (ICGP/HSE)
• Dr Aoife Mullally (HSE) 
• Professor Anne Nolan (ESRI)
• Ms Lorraine O'Connell (Sexual Health West)
• Dr Elena Vaughan (HIQA)
• Dr Anne O’Farrell (HSE)
• Dr Maria Quinlan (HSE) 
• Ms Jenna Scott (Department of Health)
• Professor Emer Smyth (ESRI)
• Dr Nicola Tickner (Department of Children, Equality, Diversity, Integration, and Youth) 

Former members

• Dr Martin Davoren (Cork City Council)
• Ms Emma O’Donoughue (Department of Health) 

Public & Patient Involvement (PPI)

Our wonderful Public & Patient Involvement (PPI) panel members

Scientific Collaborations

• Dr Soazig Clifton - National Centre for Social Research, London, United Kingdom; University of Glasgow, Scotland; Academic Director, Natsal study
• Dr Beáta Bőthe - Director, STAR Laboratory, Université de Montreal, Canada; Principal Investigator, International Sex Survey
• Dr Oleg Kuzmenko - Technical Officer for Sexual and Reproductive Health at WHO Regional Office for Europe
• Dr Edel Doherty Senior Lecturer, J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, University of Galway

University of Galway

• Dr Elke Rink (Health Promotion Research Centre)
• Ms Fiona McInerney (Health Promotion Research Centre)
• Dr Vivienne Batt (School of Health Sciences)
• Ms Larri Walker (Health Promotion Research Centre)
• Mr Aengus Parsons (Research Office)
• Ms Sarah Dever (Data Protection Officer)
• Ms Niamh Connolly and Ms Yvonne Keane (Strategic Communications, Brand Management and Student Recruitment, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences)
• Ms Máire Hornibrook and Ms Bhuvaneswari Sethuraman (Procurement and Contracts)
• Ms Aoife Gavin, Ms Louise Lunney, Ms Rachael Maloney, Ms Eimer Brown (Health Promotion Research Centre)
• Mr Thomas Hayes (College of Science and Engineering) 

Ipsos B&A

Collaborators at Ipsos B&A

Sex Researchers in Ireland

• Dr Caroline Kelleher and Dr Kate Tierney (Royal College of Surgeons Ireland)
• Professor Emer Smyth (Economic and Social Research Institute)
• Professor Anne Nolan (Economic and Social Research Institute)
• Dr Chris Noone (University of Galway)
• Dr Valeria Venditti (University College Cork)
• Dr Claire Cullen (Economic and Social Research Institute)
• Those researchers who responded to the stakeholder consultation but wished to remain anonymous 

Sex Researchers Internationally

• Professor Elizabeth Saewyc (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
• Dr Hanneke de Graaf (Rutgers Institute, The Netherlands)
• Dr Alexis Dewaele (University of Ghent, Flanders, Belgium)
• Professor Kirstin Mitchell (University of Glasgow, Scotland)
• Professor Rebecca F. Plante (Ithaca College, USA) 

NATSAL Team

• Dr Soazig Clifton (National Centre for Social Research and University of Glasgow), Academic Director
• Professor Pam Sonnenberg (University College London), Co-PI
• Professor Cath Mercer (University College London), Co-PI
• Professor Kirstin Mitchell (University of Glasgow), Co-PI, Natsal-COVID Study 

Central Statistics Office

• Dr Helen McGrath (Sexual Violence Survey)
• Mr Brian Cahill (Income, Consumption & Wealth Division) 

Researchers who granted us permission to use the measures they developed

• Items from the Natsal-SW Sexual Well-being scale: Professor Kirstin Mitchell (University of Glasgow, Scotland) and the Natsal Team
• Perceived cons of STI testing scale: Dr Philippe Adam (University of New South Wales, Australia)
• Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX): Dr Beáta Bőthe (University of Montréal, Canada), Professor Rafael Ballester-Arnal (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)
• Items from the Paraphilic Disorders Short Screen and on morality of pornography use and problematic pornography use: Dr Beáta Bőthe (University of Montréal, Canada)
• Self-reported political ideology: Dr Eddy S. F. Yeung (Emory University, USA)
• Ottawa Mood Scales: Dr Michael Cheng (University of Ottawa, Canada)
• A selection of demographic items from the 2022 Census in the Republic of Ireland: Central Statistics Office, Ireland
• The Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (S-WEMWBS): the Universities of Warwick, Edinburgh and Leeds in conjunction with NHS Health Scotland
• Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire, short form (PAQ-S): Dr David Preece (Curtin University, Australia)
• Self-rated health: General health harmonised standard of the Government Statistical Service (GSS)
• Chronic conditions: General health harmonised standard of the Government Statistical Service (GSS) 
• Alcohol use: AUDIT