Category: Public Health

The Minister for Health may restrict the sale or importation of instruments, appliances or apparatus where their use by the public involves a risk of serious injury or injury to health part or of a substance which when accessible to the general public involves a risk of injury to health. The Department  may grant a […]

  The health legislation provided for the regulation of food and drink. This legislation has been obliged and supplemented by substantial amounts of food safety legislation within the last 20 years. Recent  European Union Legislation has supervened and / or  supplemented this legislation. The Minister for Health may make regulations regarding the prevention of danger […]

The Minister  may specify the infectious diseases by regulations. A person who knows he is a probably source of  infection with  infectious disease must take steps provided for by the legislation and take reasonable precautions to prevent infecting others from such disease by his  presence conduct or by means with any article with which he […]

The Health (Amendment) (No.2)  Act 2021 enables operators of ‘relevant indoor premises’ to permit access to their premises to ‘permitted persons’ who can demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated from Covid-19 disease, or who can demonstrate that they have immunity due to having recovered from Covid-19 infection. In certain circumstances children and certain staff are […]

The purpose of the  Health (Amendment) Act 2021 is to provide for the mandatory quarantine of persons coming into the State from certain areas from where there is known to be sustained human transmission of Covid-19 or any variant of concern, or from which there is a high risk of importation of infection or contamination […]

The primary purpose of the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020. Act is, having regard to the threat to human life and public health posed by Covid-19, to provide additional enforcement powers to An Garda Síochána to address breaches of the relevant Covid-19 regulations by any business or service selling or supplying intoxicating liquor […]

Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Act 2015 is designed to control the design and appearance of tobacco products and packaging. All forms of branding — trademarks, logos, colours and graphics  must be removed from  packaging, except for the brand and variant names, which must be presented in a uniform typeface for all brands on […]

It is not lawful to sell tobacco products or cause them to be sold by retail other than from a registered premises. The HSE maintains a register of all persons to carry on in whole or in part, the business of selling tobacco by retail.  The HSE may charge persons registered an amount to defray […]

Smoking is prohibited in a wide range of places.  It is prohibited in indoor workplaces and most indoor places and vehicles to which  the public has access. .The smoking ban applies to aircrafts, trains, ships, vessels and public service vehicles.  It is prohibited in all public buildings belonging to or in the occupation of government, […]

The Department of Public Health is  part HSE. It is divided into eight divisions covering Ireland.  It provides health protection services, advocates, contributed to health and participates in health service development.  Each section of the department is led by the Director of Public Health who is the regional Medical Officer of Health. The Medial Officer […]

The HSE Environmental Health Service regulates a wide range of areas of public health concern.  The purpose is largely preventative, by controlling and removing environmental risks and factors that may cause ill health or reduce quality of life.  The Environmental Health Officers are central part of the service. Environmental Health Officers administer and enforce  a […]