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33 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitals Trust Board | 1938-08-06 | 2008-01-01 | 'The Board, no longer having any functions to discharge and no monies remaining, is to be dissolved. Final accounts are in preparation and once received the relevant legislative amendments will be made in order to facilitate the winding up the Hospital Trust Board.' (Written Answers). The Hospitals Trust (1940) Ltd. was dissolved on 23 Jan. 2008 (CRO). | McGauran et al. 2005; Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1938; Dáil Éireann - Volume 647 - 19 February, 2008--Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies |
| An Bord Altranais | 1951-06-07 | 2012-10-02 | Replaced by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.nursingboard.ie/; Nurses Act 1950 and 1985; S.I. No. 164/1951; www.nmbi.ie; Nurses and Midwives Act 2011; S.I. No. 385/2012 |
| Dublin Dental Hospital Board | 1963-07-17 | McGauran et al. 2005; Statutory Instrument No. 129 of 1963; Statutory Instrument No.370 of 1980 | ||
| Hospitals Bodies Administrative Bureau | 1973-03-08 | 2005-01-01 | Merged into HSE | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 53/1973; Health Act 2004; S.I. No. 885/2004 |
| Dental Council | 1985-11-13 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dentalcouncil.ie/; The Dentists Act 1985 | ||
| Consultative Council on Hepatitis C | 1996-11-26 | McGauran et al. 2005; S.I. No. 339/1996; http://www.consultativecouncilonhepc.ie/ | ||
| 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 | |
| Hospitals Commission | 1933-09-01 | 1976-04-01 | Functions and property transferred to the Eastern Health Board in 1976. | FitzGerald, 1963; Public Hospitals Act, 1933; S.I. No. 79/1976 |
| 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 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 |
| National Paediatric Hospital Development Board | 2007-05-23 | S.I. No. 246/2007; http://www.newchildrenshospital.ie/index.cfm/page/NPHDB | ||
| 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 |
| Department of Health (I) | 1947-01-22 | 1997-07-11 | Coakley & Gallagher 2005; Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1946; S.I. No. 308/1997 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Department of Health (II) | 2011-06-04 | S.I. No. 219/2011; http://www.dohc.ie/ | ||
| Radiographers Registration Board | 2011-12-16 | Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 659/2011 | ||
| 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 | |
| Inspector of Mental Hospitals | 1845-01-01 | 2002-04-05 | Originally known as the Inspector of Lunatics, the two names were used through the 1920s and 1930s. Officially known as the Inspector of Mental Hospitals from 1 Jan 1947 under the Mental Treatment Act 1945. | Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845; http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12357/eppi_pages/304786; Lunatics Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875; Mental Treatment Act, 1945; S.I. No. 329/1946; Mental Health Act, 2001; S.I. No. 90/2002; http://lenus.ie/hse/bitstream/10147/250248/1/AnnualReportOfTheInspectorOfMentalHospitals1943.pdf |
| Psychologists Registration Board | 2017-07-21 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 324/2017 | ||
| Podiatrists Registration Board | 2018-07-13 | http://www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 239/2018 | ||
| Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland | 2012-10-02 | NMBI replaced An Bord Altranais (Irish Nursing Board) | www.nmbi.ie; Nurses and Midwives Act 2011; S.I. No. 385/2012 | |
| Children's Health Ireland | 2018-12-04 | Children’s Health Ireland was established on 4th December 2018 to take over responsibility for services currently provided by Dublin’s three children’s hospitals and run the new children’s hospital in due course. | www.newchildrenshospital.ie/the-project/the-childrens-hospital-group; Children's Health Act 2018; S.I. No. 506/2018 | |
| Hospitals Trust (1940) Limited | 1940-01-01 | 1987-03-01 | The Irish Hospital Sweepstakes was established in 1930 and was promoted by a private company, Hospitals' Trust (1940) Limited, in pursuance of a 'standing agreement' with a sweepstake committee appointed by the governing bodies of various hospitals. The Hospitals' Trust Fund was used to channel the net proceeds of the sweepstakes to hospitals for capital purposes. Statutory responsibility for the Hospitals' Trust Fund was with the Minister for Health and that for the running of the sweepstakes by Hospitals' Trust (1940) Limited with the Minister for Justice. The company's operations were opaque in certain respects. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1987, having failed to secure the contract for the new National Lottery | Public Hospitals Act 1933 (No. 18 of 1933); Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 30 of 1990); https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-06-29/27/?highlight%5B0%5D=hospitals&highlight%5B1%5D=trust&highlight%5B2%5D=1940; https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/follow-the-money-the-hidden-tale-of-greed-behind-the-first-irish-hospitals-sweepstakes-and-where-those-millions-went-39748023.html; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Hospitals%27_Sweepstake |
| 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) |
| Central Midwives Board (I) | 1923-06-22 | 1947-01-01 | The Central Midwives Board (I) replaced the previous Central Midwives Board for Ireland. It was subsequently replaced by the Central Midwives Board (II) | S.I. No. 9/1923; Nurses Act 1944 (No. 10 of 1944) |