‘Units’ in this database are national-level organisations which perform public functions under public authority. These include government departments, agencies, and commercial state-owned enterprises. For further details on the types of organisations included in the database, see the what we have done and why document.
Units can be searched by name, legal form, function, policy area, or date. On each unit’s page, information is available including dates of activity, alternate names, relevant legislation, related units, related events. and also data on characteristics such as legal form, policy area, function, accountability mechanisms, location, and parent bodies. For further details on the data recorded about each unit, see the Codebook
18 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therapeutic Substances Advisory Committee | 1933-05-01 | 1993-01-01 | Therapeutic Substances Act 1932; S.I. No.106 of 1933; Dáil Éireann - Volume 407 - 07 May, 1991--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies; S.I. No. 406/1992; Animal Remedies Act, 1993 | |
| Poisons Council | 1961-06-26 | 2011-07-12 | The last Poisons Council expired 12 July 2011 and has not been replaced as of January 2020 | McGauran et al. 2005; The Poisons Act 1961 |
| Blood Transfusion Service Board | 1965-04-15 | Previously a company known as the National Blood Transfusion Association (1948-1965). Also known as the Irish Blood Transfusion Services Board. | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.giveblood.ie/; Statutory Instruments No.78 of 1965; No.209 of 1988; No.22 of 2000 | |
| National Drugs Advisory Board | 1966-07-12 | 1996-01-01 | Replaced by Irish Medicines Board | McGauran et al. 2005; The Statutory Instrument No.163 of 1966; Statutory Instrument No. 291 of 1987; Statutory Instrument No.335 of 1980; Irish Medicines Board Act, 1995 |
| Drug Treatment Centre Board | 1988-04-22 | 2013-01-01 | Was preceded by the National Drug Advisory and Treatment Centre established as a charity in 1969. Absorbed into HSE on 1 January 2013 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.addictionireland.ie/; Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961 (No.27 of 1961); S.I. No.76 of 1988; S.I. No. 222 of 1991; S.I. No.296 of 1992; Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; S.I. No. 493/2012 |
| Dental Council | 1985-11-13 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dentalcouncil.ie/; The Dentists Act 1985 | ||
| Irish Medicines Board | 1996-01-01 | 2014-07-01 | Replaced by the Health Products Regulatory Authority in July 2014 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.imb.ie/; Irish Medicine Board Act 1995; www.hpra.ie; Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; S.I. No. 205/2014 |
| Consultative Council on Hepatitis C | 1996-11-26 | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 339/1996; http://www.consultativecouncilonhepc.ie/ | ||
| Department of Health and Children | 1997-07-12 | 2011-06-04 | http://www.dohc.ie/; S.I. No. 308/1997; S.I. No. 219/2011 | |
| Health Service Executive | 2005-01-01 | Prior to 2004, services were delivered through a complex structure of ten regional Health Boards, the Eastern Regional Health Authority and a number of other agencies and organizations | Health Act 2004; http://www.hse.ie/ | |
| Department of Health (I) | 1947-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946; S.I. No. 308/1997 | |
| General Medical Services (Payments) Board | 1972-07-28 | 2005-01-01 | Became part of HSE | S.I. No. 184/1972; Health Act 2004 |
| Office for Health Gain | 1994-01-01 | 2005-01-01 | Health Act 2004; McGauran et al. 2005 | |
| Hospitals Joint Services Board | 1965-07-14 | 1990-06-30 | Privatised--became part of Connacht Court group | Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961; S.I. No. 157/1965; S.I. No. 140/1990; S.I. No. 145/1990 |
| Hospital Sterile Supplies Board | 1965-01-06 | 1965-07-14 | Replaced by Hospitals Joint Services Board | S.I. No. 1/1965; S.I. No. 157/1965 |
| Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (II) | 2007-05-01 | In May 2007 the old Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (est. in 1875) replaced by the new Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland which has an expanded remit as a regulator of pharmacy in Ireland | Pharmacy Act 2007; http://www.pharmaceuticalsociety.ie/ | |
| Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (I) | 1875-01-01 | 2007-05-01 | Replaced by new Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland in 2007 under the Pharmacy Act 2007 | Pharmacies Acts 1875-1962; Pharmacy Act 2007; http://www.pharmaceuticalsociety.ie/; http://web.archive.org/web/20010402023121/http://www.pharmaceuticalsociety.ie/ |
| Health Products Regulatory Authority | 2014-07-01 | Replaced the Irish Medicines Board | www.hpra.ie; Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; S.I. No. 205/2014 |