Health Protection Unit
Responsibilities
- Public Health policy
- Notifiable infectious diseases and International Health Regulations
- Public Health Emergency Planning
- Childhood and Adult Immunisation
The Unit’s role is to develop policy and suitable legislative framework to support public health protection through: control of infectious diseases; national immunisation and vaccination programmes; appropriate national public health emergency planning (including pandemic influenza); contributing to European and international developments in public health policy; and monitoring the implementation by the HSE of all such policy and legislation.
Staff
| Principal Officer | Dora Hennessy |
|---|---|
| Assistant Principal Officers | Nuala O'Reilly |
Contact
- Telephone: 01 - 635 4000
- Fax: 01 - 635 4375
Additional Information
Health Protection Surveillance Centre website
The main objective of this website is to provide the public with contact information and practical advice on how best to prepare for severe weather events from a central source. Through this dedicated website, advice is being made available from a number of sources including Government Departments, An Garda Síochána, the Health Service Executive, Local Authorities and the transport providers.
