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73 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Red Cross Society | 1939-07-01 | Prior to 1939 was established as autonomous entity with the British Red Cross Society during the War of Independence in 1920; some records also show that the Red Cross operated during the 1916 Easter Rising | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.redcross.ie/; Red Cross Acts 1938, 1944 and 1954; S.I. No.216 (1955) | |
| Opticians Board | 1956-11-14 | 2015-02-06 | Replaced by the Optical Registration Board | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.opticiansboard.ie/; Opticians Act 1956; S.I. No. 286/1956; and Opticians (Amendment) Act 2003; http://www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 41/2015 |
| Voluntary Health Insurance Board | 1957-02-12 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.vhi.ie; Voluntary Health Insurance Act 1957 and subsequent Amendement Acts: 1996 and 1998; S.I. No.24 (1957); S.I. No.46 (1957) | ||
| Medical Council | 1979-04-26 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.medicalcouncil.ie/; Medical Practitioners Act 1978 | ||
| 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/ | ||
| Women's Health Council | 1997-06-24 | 2009-10-01 | On 1st October 2009, the Women's Health Council was subsumed into the Department of Health and Children. | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 278/1997; Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 |
| Food Safety Authority of Ireland | 1998-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.fsai.ie/; Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 | ||
| National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery | 1999-11-01 | 2012-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 376/1999; Nurses and Midwives Act 2011; S.I. No. 715/2011 | |
| Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council | 2000-04-10 | Replaced the National Ambulance Advisory Council | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.phecit.ie/; S.I. No.108/2000; S.I. No. 109/2000; S.I. No.575/2004; S.I. No. 510/2005 | |
| Health Insurance Authority | 2001-02-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hia.ie/; the Health Insurance Act 1994; the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001; the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2003 | ||
| Health Service Employers Agency | 1996-07-15 | 2005-01-01 | Absorbed into HSE | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 213/1996; Health Act 2004 |
| Office of Tobacco Control | 2002-05-01 | 2011-01-01 | Set up on an administrative basis in late 2000 pending legislation and received statutory status in 01/05/2002, with the enactment of section 2 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act, 2002; subsumed into the HSE on January 1, 2011 | McGauran et al. 2005; Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002; Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2010 |
| Mental Health Commission | 2002-04-05 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.mhcirl.ie/; Mental Health Act, 2001; S.I. No. 91/2002 | ||
| National Treatment Purchase Fund | 2002-04-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ntpf.ie/; S.I. No. 179/2004 | ||
| 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 | |
| Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health | 2004-04-07 | http://www.fluoridesandhealth.ie/ | ||
| National Haemophilia Council | 2004-06-22 | S.I. No.451/2004; http://www.nationalhaemophiliacouncil.ie/ | ||
| Health Education Bureau | 1975-01-30 | 1987-12-31 | S.I. No. 22/1975; S.I. No. 324/1987 | |
| Food Safety Advisory Board | 1995-06-22 | 1997-12-31 | Replaced by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (S.I. 524/1997) | S.I. No. 155/1995; S.I. No. 523/1997 |
| Health and Social Care Professionals Council | 2007-03-20 | Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; SI 124 of 2007; http://www.coru.ie/ | ||
| 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/ | |
| National Ambulance Advisory Council | 1998-02-04 | 2000-04-10 | Replaced by Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council in 2000 | S.I. No. 27/1998; S.I. No. 108/2000 |
| Department of Local Government and Public Health | 1924-06-01 | 1947-01-22 | Health and Welfare functions lost to new departments in 1947 | http://www.environ.ie/; Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924; S.I. No. 16/1947 |
| Health Information and Quality Authority | 2007-04-21 | Integrated and expanded functions of two agencies: the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) (est. in 1999) and the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board (IHSAB) (est. in 2002) | Health Act 2007; http://www.hiqa.ie/ | |
| National Cancer Screening Services Board | 2007-01-01 | 2010-04-01 | Prior to 2007 was known as the National Breast Screening Board (established in 2004 as a statutory corporation); staff and liabilities transferred to the HSE | http://www.cancerscreening.ie/; S.I. No. 632/2006; Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; S.I. No. 118/2010 |
| National Breast Screening Board (II) | 2005-01-01 | 2007-01-01 | Replaced by National Cancer Screening Services Board under S.I. No. 632 & 633/2006 | S.I. 891/2004; S.I. No. 633/2006 |
| National Paediatric Hospital Development Board | 2007-05-23 | S.I. No. 246/2007; http://www.newchildrenshospital.ie/index.cfm/page/NPHDB | ||
| Mass-Radiography Board | 1964-06-18 | 1975-04-01 | preceded by National Mass-Radiography Association Limited (1950-1964) | S.I. No. 152/1964; S.I. No. 59/1975 |
| National Rehabilitation Board | 1967-12-20 | 2000-06-12 | Replaced the National Organisation for Rehabilitation; in 2000 dissolved and absorbed into Comhairle, Eastern Regional Health Authority, FÁS, and the National Disability Authority | S.I. No. 300/1967; S.I. No. 171/2000 |
| Irish Health Services Accreditation Board | 2002-05-01 | 2007-04-21 | Dissolved, merge into Health Information and Quality Authority | S.I. No. 160/2002; Health Act 2007 |
| Social Services Inspectorate | 1999-04-01 | 2007-04-21 | The SSI was administered by the Department of Health and Children (DoHC) until May 2007, when it was established on a statutory basis as the Office of the Chief Inspector of Social Services within the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). | Health Act 2007; http://web.archive.org/web/20060108031204/http://www.issi.ie/; Dail Eireann - Volume 554 - 09 October, 2002--Written Answers. - Social Services Inspectorate |
| Department of Health (I) | 1947-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946; S.I. No. 308/1997 | |
| Dental Board | 1928-08-03 | 1985-11-13 | Replaced by Dental Council, funded by registration fees--like Law Society | Dentists Act 1928; Dentists Act, 1985; FitzGerald, 1963 |
| 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 | |
| Office for Health Management | 1997-06-01 | 2005-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; Health Act 2004; OHM Annual reports, available at https://pnd.hseland.ie/corp/ohmpublications/ohmpublications.html, and newsletter at https://pnd.hseland.ie/corp/ohmpublications/newsletter/20050315163637.html | |
| National Health Council | 1948-03-03 | 1996-11-06 | Health Act, 1947; S.I. No. 81/1948; Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1996 | |
| Eastern Health Shared Services | 2000-03-01 | 2005-01-01 | Merged into HSE | Health Act 2004; http://web.archive.org/web/20020812001530/www.ehss.ie/frames/about/index.html |
| 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/ |
| General Nursing Council | 1919-01-01 | 1951-06-07 | Replaced by the General Nursing Council in 1923 | Nurses Registration (Ireland) Act 1919; S.I. No. 8/1923; Browne, R. Statutory Corporations and Commissions, in King, F.Public Administration in Ireland Vol. 1, 1944 |
| Central Midwives Board (II) | 1945-01-01 | 1951-06-07 | Merge w/General Nursing Council to form An Bord Altranais | Midwives Act, 1944; Nurses Act, 1950; Browne, R. Statutory Corporations and Commissions, in King, F.Public Administration in Ireland Vol. 1, 1944 |
| National Blood Transfusion Association | 1948-08-20 | 1965-04-15 | Replaced by Blood Transfusion Service Board | FitzGerald, 1963; S.I. No. 78/1965; Dáil Éireann - Volume 111 - 06 July, 1948--Committee on Finance. - Vote 68—Health; Seanad Éireann - Volume 54 - 27 July, 1961--Health (Corporate Bodies) Bill, 1961: Second and Subsequent Stages |
| National Mass-Radiography Association, Ltd. | 1950-01-01 | 1964-06-18 | Replaced by the Mass-Radiography Board | S.I. No. 152/1964; Seanad Éireann - Volume 54 - 27 July, 1961--Health (Corporate Bodies) Bill, 1961: Second and Subsequent Stages |
| Central Midwives Board (I) | 1918-01-01 | 1945-01-01 | The Central Midwives Board for Ireland was replaced by the Central Midwives Board in 1923 | Midwives Act 1918; S.I. No. 9/1923; Browne, R. Statutory Corporations and Commissions, in King, F.Public Administration in Ireland Vol. 1, 1944 |
| National Organisation for Rehabilitation | 1955-11-01 | 1967-09-21 | Replaced by National Rehabilitation Board | S.I. No. 300/1967; Dáil Éireann - Volume 160 - 06 December, 1956--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Advisory Councils and Similar Bodies: Health |
| Dublin Rheumatism Clinic Board | 1980-05-08 | 1980-05-30 | Replaced the Dublin Rheumatism Clinic Association; staff, assets (excluding premises) liabilities etc. transferred to the St. James's Hospital Board upon dissolution. | S.I. No. 135/1980; S.I. No. 153/1980 |
| Dublin Rheumatism Clinic Association | 1942-10-01 | 1978-09-07 | S.I. No. 135/1980; FitzGerald, 1963; IPA Yearbooks | |
| National Disease Surveillance Centre | 1998-10-01 | 2005-01-01 | Name change in 2005 to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre as part of its move into the Health Service Executive | McGauran et al. 2005; SI 151/2000; SI 865/2004; http://web.archive.org/web/20001216224100/www.ndsc.ie/who_is_ndsc.htm; Written Answers. - National Disease Surveillance Centre. Wednesday, 24 May 2000, Dáil Eireann Debate, Vol. 519 No. 6 |
| Comhairle na nOspidéal | 1972-06-29 | 2005-01-01 | Replaced by National Hospitals Office of the HSE | Health Acts 1970 & 2004; S.I. No. 164/1972 |
| Health Boards Executive | 2000-03-01 | 2005-01-01 | Death by merge into HSE | Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act, 1999; Health Act 2004 |
| Eastern Regional Health Authority | 2000-03-01 | 2005-01-01 | Replaced Eastern Health Board; Merged into HSE | McGauran et al. 2005; Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act, 1999; Health Act 2004 |
| National Breast Screening Board (I) | 1998-09-03 | 2005-01-01 | Joint board--included representatives of health boards. Replaced by National Breast Screening Board (II)--reconfigured to work with HSE | S.I. No. 319/1998; S.I. 891/2004 |
| National Hospital Trustees | 1933-10-03 | 1938-08-06 | Replaced by Hospitals Trust Board | Public Hospitals Act, 1933; Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1938; Report dated 4th October in Irish Times of appointment of National Hospital Trustees |
| Crisis Pregnancy Agency | 2001-10-02 | 2010-01-01 | Absorbed into HSE as HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.crisispregnancy.ie/; S.I. No. 446/2001; Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; S.I. No. 543/2009 |
| National Health Insurance Commission | 1911-01-01 | 1933-01-02 | National Insurance Act 1911; Ministers and Secretaries 1924; S.I. No. 17/1924; Dáil Éireann - Volume 20 - 05 July, 1927--IN COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. - Vote 13—Civil Service Commission; S.I. No. 1/1933 | |
| Consultative Cancer Council | 1948-04-08 | 1949-07-05 | S.I. No. 125/1948; Dáil Éireann - Volume 118 - 16 November, 1949--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cancer Consultative Council.; Dáil Éireann - Volume 123 - 06 December, 1950--Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Council of Health | |
| Department of Health (II) | 2011-06-04 | S.I. No. 219/2011; http://www.dohc.ie/ | ||
| Dietitians Registration Board | 2012-11-01 | Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 439/2012 | ||
| Occupational Therapists Registration Board | 2012-11-01 | Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 440/2012 | ||
| Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board | 2012-11-01 | Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 441/2012 | ||
| Healthcare Pricing Office | 2014-01-01 | From 1st January 2014 the National Casemix Programme and the Health Research and Information Division at the ESRI became the Healthcare Pricing Office (HPO). | http://www.hpo.ie/ | |
| Royal College of Physicians in Ireland | 1692-12-15 | Royal charter granted in 1692 replaced previous charter and extended College of Physicians' remit to whole of Ireland, and although modified through other legislation remains the governing document of the College. | http://www.rcpi.ie/; Royal College of Physicians Act, 1761; S.I. No. 38/1926; The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Charter and Letters Patent Amendment) Act, 1979 | |
| Optical Registration Board | 2015-02-06 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 41/2015 | ||
| Psychologists Registration Board | 2017-07-21 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 324/2017 | ||
| Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board | 2018-11-30 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 500/2018 | ||
| Social Care Workers Registration Board | 2014-12-01 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 518/2014 | ||
| Podiatrists Registration Board | 2018-07-13 | http://www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 239/2018 | ||
| 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 | |
| CervicalCheck Tribunal | 2020-10-21 | An independent body set up under the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 to provide an alternative system for dealing with claims arising from CervicalCheck | CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 (No. 31 of 2019); S.I. No. 453/2020 | |
| General Nursing Council | 1923-06-22 | 1951-06-07 | The General Nursing Council was established to take over the functions of the previous General Nursing Council for Ireland. It was subsequently merged into An Bord Altranais | S.I. No. 8/1923; Nurses Act, 1950 (No. 27 of 1950) |