Classified List
21. Health and Health Services
Updated to 8 May 2026 (Act No. 10 of 2026 and S.I. No. 199 of 2026)
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► 21.1. Health Service Organisation, Including Hospitals
► 21.1.1. Health Service Executive
► 21.1.2. Elegibility for Health Care and Payment 186
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Health Contribution Act 1979 (4/1979) was repealed (1.01.2011) by Social Welfare Act 2010 (34/2010), s. 15, subject to transitional provisions. There is no provision for SIs to be carried forward under the new legislation. A number of SIs made under the 1979 Act appear to have ceased to have effect on repeal of their enabling legislation, and should be revoked: S.I. Nos. 106 of 1979, 107 of 1979, 108 of 1979, 87 of 1980, 55 of 1983, 73 of 1984, 233 of 1985, 102 of 1986, 104 of 1987, 51 of 1988, 70 of 1989, 81 of 1989, 81 of 1999, 719 of 2003, 85 of 2005, 109 of 2005.
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21/2008 |
| Health | 20/2010 | |
| Health | 4/2012 | |
| Health | 10/2013 | |
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42/2013 |
| Health | 28/2014 | |
| Health | 19/2015 | |
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1/2017 |
| Health | 5/2017 | |
| Health | 13/2018 | |
| Health | 11/2020 | |
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Also listed under Title 21.8.1: General: Health Products Regulatory Authority. |
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► 21.1.3. Hospitals 188
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A number of Private Acts deal with the role and functions of hospitals. This Classified List contains Public Acts.
| Health | 8 & 9 Vict., c. 107 | |
| Health | 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 21 | |
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44/1935 |
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21/1936 |
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24/1937 |
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4/1939 |
| Health | 3/1943 | |
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4/1945 |
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5/1951 |
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24/1954 |
| Health | 21/1961 | |
| Public Exp 192 |
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7/1962 |
| Health | 8/1962 | |
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17/1976 |
| Health 194 | 30/1990 | |
| Health | 18/2010 | |
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27/2018 |
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The Mental Treatment Act 1961, s. 39, renamed as “the Central Mental Hospital” the central criminal lunatic asylum established under the Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act 1845.
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This SI is obsolete and should be revoked. It fixed the number of members of the Visiting Committee of the Central Mental Hospital, altered the date for election of chairman and extended the term of office from 31 December 1963 to 31st March, 1964. Under Mental Health 2001 (25/2001), s. 51, it is the responsibility of the Inspector of Mental Health to visit and inspect every approved centre at least once in each year and these inspections take place under the Mental Health Act (Approved Centres) Regulations 2006.
191
This Act is to be repealed by the Health Act 2007 (23/2007), s. 104 and sch. 1. This element of sch. 1 is not yet commenced. Once commenced, this order may be saved and enabled by Health Act 2007 under s. 104: (3) Each order, regulation and rule that was made under a provision of an enactment repealed or revoked by this Act and that was in force immediately before such repeal or revocation continues in force under the corresponding provision, if any, of this Act, subject to such adaptations and modifications as the Minister, by regulation, may make for the purpose of bringing any such order, regulation or rule into conformity with this Act. Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital ceased to function on Grand Canal Street in the 1980s, and this SI is probably obsolete.
192
See S.I. No. 418 of 2011.
193
This Act is to be repealed by the Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1990 (30/1990), s. 10. Section 10 of 1990 Act is not yet commenced. See Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1990 (Commencement) Order 1990 (S.I. No. 299 of 1990).
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Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. |
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► 21.1.4. Maternity Homes
| Health | 14/1934 | |
► 21.2. Health Corporate Bodies
► 21.3. Human Tissue: Donation and Transplantation, Post-Mortems, Anatomical Examination and Public Display
► 21.4. Health Care Standards and Health Information
► 21.4.1. Health Information and Quality Authority
► 21.4.2. Health Identifiers
► 21.5. Cancer Treatment and Prevention
► 21.5.1. General
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► 21.6. Clinical Trials
| Health | 28/1987 | |
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17/1990 |
► 21.7. Health Insurance
► 21.8. Health Products and Medicines Regulation
► 21.8.1. General: Health Products Regulatory Authority 241
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The Irish Medicines Board was renamed the Health Products Regulatory Authority by Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 (29/1995), s. 3(4), as inserted by Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 (14/2013), s. 36.
► 21.8.2. Blood Transfusion, Clotting Factor Concentrate and Other Biological Products
| Health | 8/2012 | |
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See also Blood Transfusion Service Board (Establishment) Order 1965 (S.I. No. 78 of 1965), as amended, referred to in s. 4 of the 2012 Act.
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► 21.8.3. European Pharmacopoeia
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► 21.8.4. Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods
| Health | 14/2013 | |
► 21.8.5. Reproductive Health
| Health 280 | 20/1979 | |
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20/1992 |
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16/1993 |
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31/2018 |
| Health | 13/2024 | |
| Health | 18/2024 | |
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280
Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011.
281
The enabling provisions are Health (Family Planning) Act 1979 (20/1979), ss. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 16. Sections 7, 8 and 16 are still in force (Control of advertising and display of contraceptives, Forged or fraudulently altered prescriptions or authorisations, Regulations). Sections 3 and 4 (Family planning services and Control and sale of contraceptives) were repealed by Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act 1992 (20/1992), s. 8(3). Section 5 (Control of importation of contraceptives) was repealed by Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act 1993 (16/1993), s. 8. All repeals commenced on enactment. At least part of this SI remains in force.
282
The enabling provisions are Health (Family Planning) Act 1979 (20/1979) and Health Family Planning (Amendment) Act 1992 (20/1992). No individual provisions are specified. Much of the 1979 Act has been repealed but this SI appears to remain in force.
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► 21.9. Mental Health Services
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25/2001 |
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19/2008 |
| Health | 58/2015 | |
| Health | 19/1945 | |
| Health | 7/1961 | |
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10/2018 |
| Health | 23/2018 | |
| Health | 28/2020 | |
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283
Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011.
284
This SI prescribes a time period for the continuance of certain approvals that has now expired, is obsolete and should be revoked.
285
Part VIII, and ss. 241, 276, 283 and 284 of the 1945 Act are retained by the Mental Health Act 2001.
286
The enabling provisions are Mental Treatment Act 1945 (19/1945), ss. 8, 65(4)(c), 96(7), 97(7), 109A, 110, 129, 132, 151, 153, 161. This Act including these provisions was mostly repealed by Mental Health Act 2001 (25/2001), s. 6, commenced by S.I. No. 411 of 2006. The remaining sections are Part VIII (ss. 63-93), 241, 276, 283, 284 and s. 94 which only survives for a certain purpose. As the enabling provisions are no longer in effect (other than s. 65(4)(c) which relates to registration of officials' names), it appears that the SI or most of it may have ceased to have effect and should be revoked. Mental Health Act 2001 (Approved Centres) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 551 of 2006) deal with some of the same issues in relation to registration and records.
287
Sections 39 and 41 of the 1961 Act are retained by the Mental Health Act 2001.
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► 21.10. Nursing Homes and Designated Centres
► 21.10.1. General
► 21.10.2. Subvention Support Scheme
► 21.11. Poisons
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12/1961 |
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297
Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011.
298
This SI is the responsibility of the Department of Agriculture and Food.
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► 21.12. Public Health Emergency: Covid-19 Pandemic
► 21.13. Sunbeds
► 21.14. Suicide Prevention
| Health | 14/2001 | |