Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Role and Operation of the Health and Safety Authority: Discussion

9:30 am

Dr. Adrienne Duff:

In 2014, the National Accreditation Service was incorporated into the functions of the Health and Safety Authority, HSA. The Irish National Accreditation Board, INAB, is the national accreditation service for Ireland. The function of INAB is to accredit organisations to International Organization for Standardization, ISO, standards. That would be through, for example, certification bodies or inspection bodies inspecting asbestos or testing laboratories. It has approximately 200 clients that are accredited across the range of ISO standards.