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Now Open! The Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the positions of Ordinary Member to the Board of Health and Safety Authority. The Health and Safety Authority (the Authority) was established in 1989 under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989. Additional functions have been conferred on the Authority since then under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the Chemicals Acts 2008 and 2010 and other legislation. In 2014, the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) was included under the Authority’s functions. The Authority reports to the Minister of State for for Employment, Small Business and Retail under delegated authority from the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. The Authority has a very broad mandate as set out below across the areas of occupational health and safety, chemicals, market surveillance and accreditation: • To regulate the safety, health and welfare of people at work and those affected by work activities. • To influence improvement in the safety, health, and welfare of people at work and those affected by work activities. • To regulate and promote the safe manufacture, use, placing on the market, trade, supply, storage and transport of chemicals. • To strengthen market surveillance in relation to relevant single European market legislation. • To be the national accreditation body for Ireland. The Board is responsible for setting the broad strategy and policies for the organisation. It is responsible for the system of internal control, including financial controls, and for putting in place processes and procedures for ensuring that the system is effective. It performs these functions directly and through the operation of specific sub-committees in accordance with approved Terms of Reference. Responsibility for the implementation of policy rests with the executive management of the Authority. The closing date for applications for this appointment is Wednesday 8th July 2026 at 3 p.m. Apply Now! 👉 https://bit.ly/3SfoqJH For full information on the State Boards process visit: https://lnkd.in/dPcmNJNX