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48 results
Name
| From
| To
| Description
| Source
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board for the Employment of the Blind | 1957-04-25 | 2006-01-01 | McGauran et al. 2005; FitzGerald, 1963; Dáil Éireann - Volume 168 - 12 June, 1958--Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Companies, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils; Dáil Éireann - Volume 253 - 20 April, 1971--Written Answers. - Departmental Committees and State-Sponsored Bodies | |
| Dental Council | 1985-11-13 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.dentalcouncil.ie/; The Dentists Act 1985 | ||
| Health and Safety Authority | 2005-09-01 | Replaced the 'National Authority for Occupational Health and Safety' (est. in 1989); renamed as 'Health and Safety Authority of Ireland' in 2005 (See Safety, Health and Welfare Act 2005) | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.hsa.ie/; Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Acts 1989 and 2005 | |
| Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland | 1992-04-01 | 2014-07-30 | RPI absorbed into EPA | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.rpii.ie/; Radiological Protection Act 1991; Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 |
| 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/ | ||
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| Safe Food - Food Safety Promotion Board | 1999-12-02 | McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.safefoodonline.com/; British-Irish Agreement Act 1999; the North-South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999 | ||
| 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 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 | ||
| Medical Registration Council | 1927-05-28 | 1979-04-26 | Replaced by Medical Council in 1979 | Medical Practitioners Act 1927, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1978 |
| 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 | |
| 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/ | |
| Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office | 2006-06-30 | 2012-01-01 | Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006; Written answers, Thursday, 5 March 2009 - Department of Health and Children, Health Repayment Scheme; Written answers, Thursday, 17 May 2012, Department of Health - Nursing Home Repayment Scheme | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health | 1989-11-01 | 2005-09-01 | Created with merge of Factories Advisory Council, Office Premises Advisory Council, Mines & Quarries Council, Dangerous Substances Advisory Council; Death by Change of Name to Health and Safety Authority | Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989; Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Health Boards Executive | 2000-03-01 | 2005-01-01 | Death by merge into HSE | 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 |
| Department of Health (II) | 2011-06-04 | S.I. No. 219/2011; http://www.dohc.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 | |
| Social Care Workers Registration Board | 2014-12-01 | www.coru.ie; Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; S.I. No. 518/2014 | ||
| 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 | |
| Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal | 1995-12-16 | 2002-10-09 | Established on a non-statutory basis in December 1995, became statutory on 1 November 1997. Replaced by the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal. | www.hepccomptrib.com; Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997; S.I. No. 443/1997; Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2002; S.I. No. 473/2002 |
| Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal | 2002-10-09 | Replaced the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal | www.hepccomptrib.com; Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2002; S.I. No. 473/2002 | |
| 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) |