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22 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board | 1980-03-07 | 2009-01-01 | Replaced former non-statuatory Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education. Absorbed into HSE in 2009. | McGauran et al. 2005; Medical Practitioners Act 1978; Medical Practitioners Act 2007; S.I. No. 555/2008 |
| Dental Council | 1985-11-13 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dentalcouncil.ie/; The Dentists Act 1985 | ||
| Health Research Board | 1986-08-14 | Amalgamation of the Medico-Social Research Board and the Medical Research Council of Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hrb.ie/; S.I. No.279/1986; S.I. No.452/1986; S.I. No.115/2002; S.I. No.205/2002 | |
| Medico-Social Research Board | 1965-04-15 | 1986-01-01 | Merged with Medical Research Council of Ireland in 1986 to form the Health Research Board | Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961; S.I. No. 80/1965; S.I. No. 169/1974; S.I. No.279/1986; S.I. No. 450/1986; S.I. No. 452/1986; http://www.hrb.ie/ |
| Medical Research Council of Ireland | 1937-01-26 | 1986-10-31 | Dissolved to form Medical Research Board, which merged with Medico-Social Research Board into Health Research Board | S.I. No. 371/1986; S.I. No. 451 & 452/1986; http://www.hrb.ie/; FitzGerald, 1963; IPA Yearbook |
| National Cancer Registry | 1991-02-04 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.ncri.ie/; S.I. No. 19/1991; S.I. No. 293/1996 | ||
| Food Safety Authority of Ireland | 1998-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; www.fsai.ie/; Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 | ||
| Institute of Public Health in Ireland | 1999-11-22 | CRO lists creation date as 01/10/2002 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.publichealth.ie/; Press release Dept of Health & Children (22/11/99) | |
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | 1784-02-11 | Founded in 1784 as the national training body for surgery in Ireland | McGauran et al. 2005; www.rcsi.ie; The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charter Amendment) Act 1965 (No. 1 (Private) of 1965); Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 1 (Private) of 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 |
| Medical Research Board | 1986-10-31 | 1987-01-01 | This body was created to take over from the Medical Research Council of Ireland when it was dissolved on 31 October 1986. It was merged into the newly formed Health Research Board shortly thereafter. | S.I. No. 371/1986; S.I. No. 451 & 452/1986 |
| 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 |
| 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 Education Bureau | 1975-01-30 | 1987-12-31 | S.I. No. 22/1975; S.I. No. 324/1987 | |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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/ | |
| Medical Scientists Registration Board | 2016-10-17 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 531/2016 |