Contents:

• Management Board Organisation Chart p.2
• Acute Hospitals Oversight and Performance Division – A/Sec Tracey Conroy p.3
• Corporate Affairs Division – D/Sec Greg Dempsey p.11
• Health Infrastructure Division – A/Sec Derek Tierney p.15
• Office of the Chief Medical Officer – CMO Mary Horgan p.22
• Office of the Chief Nursing Officer – A/Sec Rachel Kenna p.30
• Primary Care Oversight and Performance Division – A/Sec Niall Redmond p.34
• R&D and Health Analytics Division – A/Sec Muiris O’Connor p.42
• Resources Division – A/Sec Louise McGirr p.47
• Social Care, Mental Health, Drugs Policy and Unscheduled Care – A/Sec Siobhan McArdle p.53

PDF P.54 (a) Overview of responsibilities of the Division The Social Care, Mental Health, Drugs Policy and Unscheduled Care Division is responsible for policy development and oversight of the provision of health and social care services for older people, palliative care, dementia care, mental health services, people who use drugs, inclusion health and access to urgent and emergency care. The Division consists of seven units.

P.56 Drugs policy, refugee and inclusion health unit is responsible for:

• Leading the health-led response to illicit drugs, including the provision and monitoring of drug services and funding, oversight of drug and alcohol task forces and international collaboration (BIC, EU, CoE and UN);
• Coordinating the National Drugs Strategy with relevant stakeholders and preparing the government response to the recommendations of the Citizens Assembly on Drug Use;
• Overseeing the provision of healthcare services for refugees as part of a whole-of-govt response to immigration; 
• Improving access to healthcare services and addressing the social determinants of health for people who are homeless, Travellers and other social excluded groups in conjunction with cross-departmental strategies.

(b) 5 priorities for 2025 1. Develop and implement national policy implementation plans to drive service reform, promote prevention and early intervention, improve service access and integration, and deliver improved health outcomes in the areas of Mental Health (“Sharing the Vision”), suicide reduction (“Connecting for Life” successor strategy), drugs policy (new National Drugs Strategy) and Palliative Care (Adult Palliative Care Policy, and a new Children’s Palliative Care Policy)...

P.23 Office of the Chief Medical Officer – CMO Mary Horgan

(a) Overview of the responsibilities of the Division The Office of the chief Medical Officer is responsible for the provision of strategic leadership and evidence-based analysis and expert medical advice to the Department, Government, broader health system and regulatory and professional bodies; developing policy and legislation across the domains of Public Health, Leading the response to Pandemics and Public Health Emergencies of International Concern, leading strategic Public Health Reform for the Irish Health System, leading the development and co-ordination of Healthy Ireland Policy. It is comprised of seven units.

P.26 Tobacco and Alcohol Control Unit. The Tobacco and Alcohol Control Unit is responsible for:

• Developing tobacco control law
• Tobacco control policy
• Developing alcohol control law and related guidance
• Managing the response to legal challenges to COVID-19 law.