Reappointment to the Health Products Regulatory Authority Board (HPRA)
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 14 January 2026
- Last updated on: 14 January 2026
The Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD has reappointed Dr Paula Kilbane as a member of the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) with effect from 1 January 2026 until 31 December 2028.
Dr Paula Kilbane
Dr Paula Kilbane trained in London in public health medicine and subsequently held consultant posts there prior to returning to Northern Ireland in 1986. Following a post as Director of Public Health, she became a CEO in two of the Health Boards in Northern Ireland from 1993 to 2009.
Following relocation to Dublin in 2012, she served on a number of Boards in the public, not-for-profit, and private sectors. She served on the Board of HIQA from 2015 till 2025 and has also been a Board member of CES (the centre for effective services).
She has served on a number of all-island bodies and in other sectors, including European funding and higher education.
Her professional interests include regulation, risk assessment, quality and patient safety, health information systems and health technology and strategic redesign of services.
A graduate of QUB, she is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians UK and a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (UK and Ireland). She was awarded the CBE in 2003 for services to health in Northern Ireland.