Irish Medicines Board Bill, 1995

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Irish Medicines Board Bill, 1995 would establish an independent Irish Medicines Board to replace the National Drugs Advisory Board. It would give the new body responsibility for licensing human medicines, approving clinical trials and inspecting the collection, processing and distribution of blood and blood products. The Board would be supported by expert committees on human and veterinary medicines, while the Minister for Health could set rules covering the manufacture, import, sale, advertising and enforcement of medicines and cosmetics. This would create a clearer, more specialised system for checking the safety, quality and effectiveness of these products.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to make further provision in relation to the regulation of the manufacture, production, preparation, importation, advertisement, sale and distribution of medicinal and cosmetic products, for those and other purposes to provide for the establishment of a Board to be known as the Irish Medicines Board, to provide for the dissolution of the National Drugs Advisory Board and the conferral of its functions on the Irish Medicines Board and to provide for related matters

Last updated 22 October 2025