Central

Department of Health

• Providing the legal framework and policy guidelines for public health;
• Setting up the legal and organisational framework for the hospital system;
• Public health education and disease prevention programmes;
• Evaluating the performance of the health and social services;
• Allocating funding to the Health Service Executive (HSE). 

Health Service Executive (HSE)

• Provides all of Ireland's public health services in hospitals and communities across the country;
• Each HSE area makes decisions about how they will distribute available resources to the agencies in their area;
• The HSE's has four Regional Health Forums, which include representatives from the city and county councils within their respective areas. Agencies set legal framework and policy guidelines for health insurance system. 

Responsible ministries/bodies

Department of Health

• Agencies and, in particular, the Health Service Executive (HSE), are set up at the local level and are controlled by the national level.

Regional Health Forums

• Agencies and, in particular, the Health Service Executive.
   

Local

• Issuing of licences for waste disposal and for the emissions into the air from plants;
• Collects or arranges for the collection of domestic and other waste; and
• Monitors the environment for signs of pollution;
• Issues licenses for keeping dogs and licenses for horses within its area;
• Grants licenses to street traders to allow them to sell goods on the street and to casual traders to allow them to sell goods at casual trading areas designated by the city, county, town or borough council.

Responsible ministries/bodies

City and county council

Sources

Constitution of Ireland – BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN

Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

Department of Health

Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014 (SI 573 of 2014)

Local Government Act, 2001, Number 37 of 2001

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