May 27, 2010
The RPII Board has established a new high-level scientific advisory Committee with a specific public health focus, the Ionising Radiation Advisory Committee (IRAC), to advise it on all matters concerning ionising radiation.
The membership of IRAC is listed below and includes expertise across a broad range of fields relevant to the RPII. The first meeting of IRAC was held on Tuesday 11th May.
The decision to establish the IRAC was arrived at following a review of the existing advisory committee structure comprising the Medical Radiation Advisory Committee (MRAC) and the Environmental Radiation Advisory Committee (ERAC). The review found that the existing structure had served the RPII very well over many years but that it needed to be reformed to reflect current needs and priorities and to take account of changes in the external environment.
Membership:
Dr Éamann Breatnach (Chair), Consultant Radiologist, Mater Misericordiae Hospital Dublin
Ms Nuala Aherne (Vice-Chair), Environmentalist, policy analyst and writer on ecology and psychology
Dr Michael Casey, Chief Physicist, St Vincent's Hospital Dublin
Dr Harry Comber, Director of the National Cancer Registry Ireland
Dr Dominique Crowley, Specialist in Public Health, Health Services Executive
Dr Jean Luc Godet, Director of Ionising Radiation and Health Department, ASN, France
Mr Sean Hogan, Principal Fire and Emergency Management Advisor, DEHLG
Prof Ian McAulay, Professor Experimental Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Retired
Prof Brendan McClean, Chief Physicist, St Lukes Hospital Dublin
Dr James Mc Laughlin, Senior Lecturer, Natural Radioactivity, University College Dublin, Retired
Dr Jill Meara, Deputy Director of the HPA's Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, UK
Prof Peter Mitchell, Professor Radiation Physics, University College Dublin
Dr Neil O'Donovan, Consultant Radiologist, South Infirmary - Victoria University Hospital Cork
Dr Geraldine O'Reilly, Principal Physicist, St James's Hospital Dublin
Dr Jane Renehan, Principal Dental Surgeon, Health Service Executive
Prof Wil Van Der Putten, Chief Physicist, University Hospital Galway
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