Health Insurance Authority Employee Directory
Government AdministrationDublin, Ireland51-200 Employees
The Health Insurance Authority is a government administration body in Ireland responsible for regulating the private health insurance market. Established in 2001 under the Health Insurance Acts, the Authority operates independently in the exercise of its functions. It is based in Dublin and has a staff strength of 51 to 200 employees. Its principal functions include monitoring the health insurance market and advising the Minister for Health; monitoring the operation of the Health Insurance Acts and issuing enforcement notices or prosecutions where appropriate; handling health insurance stamp duty and risk equalisation credits as well as the risk equalisation scheme; increasing public awareness of health insurance rights; and maintaining the registers of health benefits undertakings and health insurance contracts. The Authority is audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General and is subject to governance requirements for state bodies, as well as the Freedom of Information and Data Protection Acts; it also engages in public-facing activities such as providing free health insurance comparisons at events.