Advisory Committees
In addition to the HPRA Board, there are three advisory committees, each with a maximum of twelve members.
The Advisory Committee for Human Medicines and the Advisory Committee for Medical Devices are appointed by the Minister for Health while the Advisory Committee for Veterinary Medicines is appointed by the Minister for Health in consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
The statutory role of the advisory committees is to provide advice in cases where it is proposed to refuse to grant a licence for a medicinal product on any grounds relating to its safety, quality or efficacy.
The advisory committees may appoint sub-committees. There are currently two sub-committees appointed by the Advisory Committee for Human Medicines:
• Clinical Trials Sub-Committee
• Herbal Medicines Sub-Committee
The Advisory Committees meet approximately three times per year, at intervals determined by the committee members and by pending business. The Clinical Trials Sub-Committee meets each month. The Herbal Sub-Committee meets on an ad hoc basis.
Advisory Committee Members
Advisory Committee Human Medicines
Dr Diarmuid Quinlan – Chair
Prof. Brian Cleary
Prof. Desmond Corrigan
Dr Paul Gallagher
Ms Fionnuala King
Prof. Fionnuala Ni Ainle
Dr Brian O’Connell
Ms Margaret O’Doherty
Ms Siobhan O’Sullivan
Dr Patrick Sullivan
Terms of reference and rules of procedure of the Advisory Committee for Human Medicines
Clinical Trials Subcommittee
Dr Patrick A. Sullivan – Chair
Dr Liam Bannan
Dr Patrick Morris
Dr Thomas Peirce
Professor Catherine McHugh
Dr Amjad Hayat
Terms of reference and rules of procedure of the Clinical Trials Subcommittee
Herbal Medicines Subcommittee
Prof. Desmond Corrigan (Chair)
Dr James Barlow
Dr Kevin Connolly
Mrs Ingrid Hook
Ms Claudine Hughes
Ms Anna Maria Keavney
Dr Celine Leonard
Dr Donal O’Mathuna
Dr Camillus Power
Dr Helen Sheridan
Dr Emma Wallace
Terms of Reference and rules of procedure of the Herbal Medicines Subcommittee
Advisory Committee for Medical Devices
Prof. Richard Reilly – Chair
Prof. Robert Byrne
Mr Ger Flynn
Dr Vida Hamilton
Dr Fergal McCaffrey
Dr Tanya Mulcahy
Ms Margaret O’Donnell
Prof. Sean Tierney
Prof. Pat Twomey
Terms of reference and rules of procedure of the Advisory Committee for Medical Devices
Advisory Committee for Veterinary Medicines
Dr Joe Collins – Chair
Dr Abina Crean
Dr Patrick Paul Corkery
Dr Caroline Garvan
Dr John Gilmore
Dr David Graham
Dr Andrew Hillan
Dr Orla Keane
Dr Edward Malone
Dr Bryan Markey
Dr Robert Shiel
Dr Christina Tlustos
Terms of reference and rules of procedure of the Advisory Committee for Veterinary Medicines
Audit and Risk Committee
Prof. Elizabeth Keane (Chair) January 2020
Mr David Holohan
The process of appointing new members is ongoing, and this section will be updated when appointments are completed.
Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure of the Audit and Risk Committee