Contact Information for Irish Recognised Ethics Committees
There are 13 recognised ethics committees (RECs) that have been certified by the
Department of Health and Children as the only ethics committees that can give a single
opinion in the case of IMP trials only. Below is a table of contact information for all 13
RECs.*
Name of Ethics
Committee
Address for correspondence
Date of
recognition
Area for
which
committee
may act
13 July 2004 The whole
State
Description or class of
clinical trials for which
committee may act
SJH/AMNCH
Research Ethics
Committee
Tallaght Hospital,Dublin 24 (01) 4142860
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
St Vincent's Healthcare
Group Ethics and
Medical Research
Committee
Administrator, St Vincent's
13
Healthcare Group Ethics and
September
Medical Research Committee, 2004
Education and Research Centre,
Elm Park, Dublin 4. - (01)
2774117
The whole
State
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
Clinical Research
Ethics Committee of
the Cork Teaching
Hospitals
Secretariat, Clinical Research
27
Ethics Committee of The Cork September
Teaching Hospitals, 1st Floor, 2004
Lancaster Hall, 6 Little Hanover
Street, Cork - (021) 4901901
The whole
State
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
HSE North East Area
Research Ethics
Committee
Secretary, HSE North East Area 26 January
Research Ethics Committee,
2005
Dublin Rd, Kells, Co. Meath (046) 9280521/564
The whole
State
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
Research Ethics
Committee, Mater
Misericordiae
University Hospital
and Mater Private
Hospital
Administrator, Research Ethics 22 February The whole
Committee, Mater
2005
State
Misericordiae University
Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin
7 - (01) 8032971
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
Beaumont Hospital
Ethics Committee
Gillian Vale, Administrator,
Ethics Committee, Beaumont
Hospital, Beaumont Road,
Dublin 9 - (01) 8092680
9 March
2005
The whole
State
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
Galway Regional
Hospitals Research
Ethics Committee
Secretary Research Ethics
21 April
Committee, Unit 4, Merlin Park 2005
Hospital, Galway.
- (091) 775022
The whole
State
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
Research Ethics
Committee, Our
Lady’s Children's
Hospital, Crumlin.
Secretary Research Ethics
17 May
Committee, Our Lady’s
2005
Children’s Hospital Crumlin,
Dublin 12. - (01) 4096243/6307
The whole
State
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
Name of Ethics
Committee
Address for correspondence
Date of
recognition
17 May
2005
Area for
which
committee
may act
Description or class of
clinical trials for which
committee may act
Irish College of
General Practitioners
Research Ethics
Committee
Administrator, ICGP Research
Committee, 4/5 Lincoln Place,
Dublin 2 - (01) 6763705
The whole
State
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
Ethics Research
Committee, National
Maternity Hospital
Ms Denise O’Brien, Secretary, 20 July 2005 The whole
Ethics Research Committee,
State
Masters / CEO Office, National
Maternity Hospital, Holles
Street, Dublin 2 - (01) 6373100
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
HSE South-Eastern
Area Research Ethics
Committee
Secretary, Research Ethics
30 August
Committee Office, Old School 2005
Of Nursing, Waterford Regional
Hospital, Dunmore Road,
Waterford - (051) 842391
The whole
State
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
Research Ethics
Committee Sligo
General Hospital
Administrator, Research Ethics 20
Committee, Sligo General
September
Hospital, The Mall, Sligo 2005
(071) 9171111 ext: 4204
The whole
State
The Committee shall act in
relation to clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes other
than those to which Regulation
13 (4) refers( i.e. gene therapy,
somatic cell therapy etc.).
Ethics Research
Committee HSE MidWestern Area
Secretary, Ethics Committee,
22 March
Mid-Western Regional Hospital, 2006
Dooradoyle, Limerick - (061)
482482
The whole
State
Clinical trials of all
descriptions and classes.
* All information provided in this document is correct as of 02/02/12.