Blood & Tissue Policy Unit
Responsibilities
- Policy formulation, evaluation and monitoring of
appropriate health and personal social services (including
compensation schemes) for persons infected with Hepatitis C
and HIV through the administration within the State of blood
or blood products.
- Legal matters, including litigation, State-acquired Hepatitis C and HIV
- Consultative Council on Hepatitis C
- National Haemophilia Council
- Haemophilia Product Selection and Monitoring Advisory Board
- Irish Blood Transfusion Service
- EU Blood Quality and Safety Directive
- EU Tissues and Cells Directive
- Development of proposals on Human Tissue Legislation with the recommendations of the Madden Report and Working Group Report on Post Mortem Practice and Procedures.
Staff
| Principal Officer |
Matthew Collins |
| Assistant Principal Officers |
|
| Lara Hynes |
| Maeve O'Brien |
