About the Department of Health

The Department of Health's mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Ireland by delivering high quality health services and getting best value from health system resources.

You can read more about the department's goals in the Department of Health Statement of Strategy 2023-2025.

The Department of Health is made up of twelve divisions:

• Acute Care Division
• Chief Nursing Officer's (CNO's) and Professional Regulation Division
• Corporate Division
• Corporate Legislation, Mental Health, Drugs Policy and Food Safety Division
• Governance and Performance Division
• Office of the Chief Medical Officer
• Policy and Strategy Division
• Primary Care Division
• Research and Development and Health Analytics Division
• Resources Division
• Sláintecare Programme Office
• Social Care Division

Further details as to the department’s structure and management tiers are available on Who Does What.

• Access to Institutional and Related Records (AIRR) Project
• Annual Reports
• Bodies under the Aegis of the Department of Health
• Children First Act 2015
• Customer Charter
• Department of Health's Privacy Policy
• Financial Information
• Freedom of Information
• Minister's Diaries
• Policy on Procurement
• Protected Disclosures
• Protecting Personal Data
• Recognition of Qualifications
• Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015
• Re-use of Public Sector Information
• Secretary General's Diaries
• State Board Appointments
• 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language
• Answers to questions asked by Oireachtas members during COVID-19 pandemic
• European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)