About Us
The Dublin Accreditation Council (DAC) is the national body with responsibility for the accreditation of laboratories, certification bodies and inspection bodies. It provides accreditation in accordance with the relevant International Organisation for Standardisation ISO 17000 series of standards and guides.
It is the statutory body responsible for Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).
DAC was established in 1985 and is a Committee of the Health and Safety Authority under the Industrial Development (Dissolution of Forfas) Act 2014.
In January 2010, the European Commission was notified by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (now the DJEI) that DAC is the sole accreditation body for Ireland in line with regulation EC/765/2008.
DAC has identified and analysed its relationship with related bodies within Government for its ranges of activities and within its present structure and concludes that no potential conflict of interest exists.
DAC’s Functions Include:
- Accreditation of Testing and Calibration Laboratories ISO 17025, ISO 15189
- Accreditation of Certification Bodies IS0 17021, IS0 17024, ISO 17065
- Accreditation of Inspection Bodies ISO 17020
- Accreditation of Reference Material Producers ISO
- Accreditation of EMAS Verifiers under the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) – Council Regulation (EC) 1221/2009
- National Compliance Monitoring Authority for Good Laboratory Practice SI 1991 No 4 implementing EC Directive 88/320/EEC (GLP)
- Accreditation for the purposes of notification to European Product Directives.
Advisory Committees
Establishment and purpose
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. This will be primarily in the field of medical laboratory accreditation to ISO 15189 and may expand to other areas of DAC accreditation relevant to the medical sector.
Meetings
The Committee had its first meeting on the 9th March 2010 at DAC Headquarters in Dublin. The Committe meet 2/3 times per year at DAC Headquarters in Dublin.
Committee Membership
The members shall be nominated by interested parties for a period of 3 years with the possibility of reappointment. The membership shall include representatives of the end users of the accreditation scheme.