About Accreditation
The Dublin Accreditation Council (DAC) is the national body with responsibility for accreditation in accordance with the relevant International Organisation for Standardisation ISO 17000 series of standards and guides.
Accreditation Schemes
Accreditation is the formal recognition of a body’s competence to conduct a specific activity such as testing, inspection or certification. This recognition is based on compliance with international and European standards.
Why is Accreditation so important?
The single European market allows the free movement of goods, services and personnel within the European Union. This free trade presupposes confidence in the product or service being offered and can only be effective upon elimination of technical barriers to trade.
The Benefits of Accreditation
The single European Market is of fundamental importance to Ireland, as more than 65% of our total exports are sold to Europe. DAC is part of the European network of accreditation bodies and plays a pivotal role in securing the access of Irish products and services to the EU market.
The Accreditation Process
The purpose of this document is to outline the process you can expect when you apply for acreditation with DAC. DAC is currently experiencing an increase in applications. Therefore, It can take up to 15 working days before your application will be reviewed and assigned to an Assessment Manager.
The Assessment Team
The Dublin Accreditation Council contracts peer experts to assess organisations on DAC’s behalf to ensure compliance with the relevant standards and requirements. These experts are also trained in the assessment of quality assurance principles.
Accreditation Symbol
The Dublin Accreditation Council strongly encourages accredited organisations to use the accreditation symbol on their reports or certificates.
Working with Government
DAC is appointed as the national accreditation body by Accreditation Regulations 2009 (SI No 3155/2009) and the EU Regulation (EC) 765/2008 and operates under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government through the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
DAC has an active Government engagement programme. If you are responsible for setting or delivering policies that involve any form of independent evaluation, DAC can help define your needs or to design an assessment service to suit your policy requirements.
Working with Businesses
If your business requires the services of certification bodies, testing or calibration laboratories, or inspection bodies, selecting a DAC-accredited supplier is an essential tool for decision-making and risk management.
Using accredited testing, inspection and certification carried out in compliance with best practices can limit product failure and down time, and control manufacturing costs.
About Dublin Accreditation Council
Company Profile
The Dublin Accreditation Council (DAC) is the national body with responsibility for the accreditation of laboratories, certification bodies and inspection bodies.
Assessor
DAC technical assessors play a key role in DAC assessments, evaluating the technical competence and capability of the organisation.
Advisory Committees
The Committee has been established by the Dublin Accreditation Council (DAC), for the sole purpose of offering advice to the DAC Executive on issues of principal importance in the accreditation medical field.
CRM Information
It is our IT System, designed and developed to manage DAC data and processes associated with the accreditation and management of our Conformity Assessment Bodies.
Directory of Accredited Bodies
The directory lists scope documents for all bodies accredited by DAC. To find a scope document please select from the list of schemes below or search the directory.
Laboratory Accreditation
Calibration
Testing
Medical Testing
Careers With DAC
Working for DAC
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