S.I. No. 308/2026 - European Union (Statistics on Healthcare Facilities, Human Resources and Utilisation) Regulations 2026

1. the Dental Council

2. the Environmental Protection Agency

3. the Health Information and Quality Authority

4. the Health Research Board

5. the Health Service Executive

6. the Higher Education Authority

7. the Irish Association of Physicists in Medicine

8. the Medical Council

9. the Mental Health Commission

10. the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

11. the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland

12. Private sector hospitals operating in the State identified as General Hospitals (HP.1.1), Mental Health Hospitals (HP.1.2) or Other Specialised Hospitals (HP.1.3) in the System of Health Accounts

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 June, 2026.

JENNIFER CARROLL MACNEILL,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.

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The purpose of these Regulations is to enforce statutory collection of statistical information on healthcare facilities, healthcare human resources and healthcare utilisation in the State. This collection will result in comparable, consistent, synchronised and regular data at European Union level. The Minister for Health shall perform functions imposed on the State by the Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294 of 23 November 2022 in adherence to the European Statistical Code of Practice adopted by the European Statistical System.

1 OJ No. L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70.

2 OJ No. L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 42.

2 OJ No. L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 42.

2 OJ No. L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 42.

1 OJ No. L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70.

2 OJ No. L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 42.

2 OJ No. L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 42.

3 OJ No. L 119, 04.05.2016, p. 1.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

3

rd July,

2026.

I, JENNIFER CARROLL MACNEILL, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) for the purpose of giving full effect (other than in respect of financial statistics) to Regulation (EC) No. 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008

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as implemented by Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294 of 23 November 2022

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, hereby make the following regulations

PART 1

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

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