As a process, mediation has evolved in the Republic of Ireland as an increasingly significant part of the work of alternative dispute resolution agencies and services funded by the State. This evolution has occurred without any overarching policy framework being in place. Yet the lack of an policy framework means that there is no integrated understanding of what is being done, by whom and to what return on the State’s investment. This 2020 project , funded by the Irish Research Council New Foundations programme, sets out to bring together all those ADR agencies and services currently involved in mediation provision in the Republic of Ireland, who are funded by the Irish State. There is limited research to date on mediation provision and impact in Ireland and a growing interest in developing a systematic evidence base in relation to mediation. The project will enable shared understanding of current mediation provision, the development of a draft public policy framework and a basis for engaged research into the future.