Welcome to the Departments of Public Health

About us - an overview of who we are and what we do.

Legislation - an overview of the Medical Officer of Health legislation

Protecting Health-An overview:

Some of the ways in which we intervene to protect the public from exposure to health-damaging hazards.

Protecting Health-Infectious Diseases:

Including - notifying, investigating & preventing infectious diseases.

Protecting Health-Environment & Health:

Including - water quality; air quality; risks from biological, chemical and radio-nuclear hazards.

Protecting Health - Extreme weather events

Topical:  Advice to help protect health during heatwaves and What to do if your water supply is reduced or restricted during the hot weather

Improving health:

Gathering the evidence on how the health of the public can be improved, and working towards making better health available to all.

Developing health services:

Evaluating and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare and implementing service development.

Research:

Finding what we can do to keep healthy, and what is most likely to help us get back to health when we are ill.

Our Publications:

Departments of Public Health publications on Lenus (The Irish Health Repository) - this collection continues to be updated.

Contact Details:

• Departments of Public Health
• Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)

Links to useful information

A~Z of Topics