Healthy,
safe and
productive lives
and enterprises

Information about the Authority

Governance/Management arrangements

Corporate plans and strategies

Annual Report

Organisation & Pay/Grading Structures

Locations and contact details for the organisation

For details as to how to contact us by phone, email or post, click here.

To contact the Irish National Accreditation Board click here.

Links to agencies/other bodies under the FOI body’s remit

INAB, the Irish National Accreditation Board was established in 1985 and is a Committee of the Health and Safety Authority under the Industrial Development (Dissolution of Forfas) Act 2014. The link to INAB can be found here.

Details of Service Level Agreements/Memoranda of Understanding

INAB / Agreements with National Authorities can be found here.

Customer Charters

To read the Authority’s Customer Charter click here.

To read INABs customer charter click here.

Codes of Practice or Guideline

All publications available here.

All relevant mandatory, guidance, policy documents for accreditation are available in our documents section on our website here.

Services Provided or to be provided to the Public

We are committed to providing the highest levels of service to all our customers. To read more about our customer service click here.  For INABs customer charter click here.

The Health and Safety Authority Inspectors carry out inspections across all work sectors and work activities which come under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (the 2005 Act) and the Chemicals Act 2008. Click here to find out more about inspections.

The INAB Assessment Managers are lead assessors managing assessments for our applicant and accredited clients, assessing the quality management system, supported by externally contracted expertise (assessors), collectively comprising the team for each assessment.  INAB operates in compliance with ISO 17011 and Regulation 765/2008.  Click here to find out more about accreditation.

The Health and Safety Authority believes that education is the key to fostering a culture of safety and health which will heighten awareness and keep young people safe and healthy in the home, school, community and workplace. Find out more by clicking here.

How can such services can be accessed

  • For details on how to contact the Authority click here.
  • For details on how to contact the Irish National Accreditation Board click here.

How much such services cost to access, if any

  • The schedule of INAB fees can be found here.
  • There is a cost for FOI appeals, learn more here.

Review or appeal rights relating to such services

If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with our service and you wish to make a complaint, we will deal with it in a fair, thorough and timely manner.

  • Click here for details of the Authority’s Customer Service Charter;  INABs customer charter click here
  • If you wish to appeal a decision made by an Inspector click here
  • If you wish to appeal an FOI decision, click here.
  • If you wish to appeal an INAB accreditation decision – see here
  • If you wish to make a complaint to INAB – see here

Research projects undertaken in respect of these functions/services

  • Click here to access any relevant Research publications

Decision Making process for major policy proposals

Major policy proposals including any public consultation exercises

  • Click here to read about the Authority’s consultation process, current consultations and the outcome of consultations

Reports on the operation of public services by the FOI body

Expenditure reviews, policy assessments

Financial Information

The Health & Safety Authority has a range of documents containing financial information about the organisation in the Corporate Publications section of its website.

Financial statements

  • For more information please click here


Payments or purchase orders for goods and services

  • Click here for further information

Governance Board Member remuneration

  • Details of Board Members fees and expenses can be seen in our most recent Annual Report 2018
  • Older Annual Reports can be viewed by clicking here

Note no fees/expenses for INAB Board.

Procurement

Procurement policies

  • Competitive tendering is the standard procedure in the procurement process of the Authority. Click here to read our Code of Corporate Governance

Tender competitions on the eTenders website

Public contracts awarded including contract type, contractor, value, award date, duration and brief description (tabular format) over 10k and over 25k for other contracts

  • Further information to follow

FOI Disclosure Log and Other Information to be Published Routinely

FOI Disclosure Log

  • Full information available here

Reports

  • A range of reports have been published by the Authority.  Please click here to view publications

ESRI reports 

There are a range of ERSI/HSA research publications.  Please click here to view research reports.

Commercial publications and relative charges

  • The Health and Safety Authority produces a wide variety of publications each year covering a diverse range of topics and industry sectors.  These include guidance documents, codes of practice and various information leaflets.  Most of these are available to download for free here.

Information held by the body which is sought regularly

INAB mandatory, guidance, and policy documents relating to accreditation can be located here.