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Object and functions
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6. (1) The object of Children’s Health Ireland is to improve, promote and protect the health, mental health and well-being of children in a manner that embodies the values of child-centred, compassionate and progressive care provided with respect, excellence and integrity and in doing so it shall have the right and responsibility to promote the culture and traditional principles of voluntarism in the conduct of its internal and external affairs.
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(2) Children’s Health Ireland shall have the following functions:
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(a) to plan, conduct, maintain, manage, provide and develop paediatric services in the hospital;
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(b) to provide for patient safety and quality of patient care in the hospital;
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(c) to promote excellence in the practice and provision of paediatric services and provide leadership in the advancement, development, organisation and delivery of paediatric services in an integrated clinical network for paediatric services;
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(d) to facilitate, foster and promote, through educational and other programmes, the personal and professional development of its employees and to provide paediatric medical, nursing and health and social care professional training and education;
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(e) to facilitate, foster, promote and carry out research and innovation aimed at improving paediatric services and advancing medical and scientific knowledge relating to paediatric services through research and scientific investigation and inquiry;
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(f) to provide information, advice, advocacy, and assistance in relation to paediatric services to the Minister, the Executive, the Health Information and Quality Authority, and such other persons as have involvement in the provision of paediatric services, as may be necessary;
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(g) to advocate on behalf of children and young people about healthcare issues;
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(h) to engage in or support fundraising and philanthropy in relation to Children’s Health Ireland and the provision of paediatric services in the hospital in pursuit of the object of Children’s Health Ireland;
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(i) to carry out such other functions as are necessary to provide paediatric services in the hospital.
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(3) In the performance of its functions, Children’s Health Ireland shall have regard to—
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(a) the objectives of the public health system and the role of Children’s Health Ireland within that system,
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(b) the promotion of equity of access to paediatric services and of improved patient outcomes in the hospital,
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(c) the need to secure the most beneficial, effective and efficient use of the resources available to it, and
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(d) the views of children and young people in the development and delivery of services to them in hospital.
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(4) Children’s Health Ireland shall have all such powers as are necessary or expedient for the performance of its functions.
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