The HSE Compliance Obligations Register (COR) is a list of statutory, regulatory, and policy obligations that HSE employees must comply with to ensure that HSE services meet high standards for quality and value of service to the public.
Failure to comply with these obligations undermines public and stakeholder trust in the HSE.
The current COR has over 450 external obligations and about 850 internal obligations (policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines (PPPG’s)). The COR will be updated quarterly so that the HSE is aware of any new or changing compliance requirements.
The COR is a valuable resource for HSE employees, particularly those involved in compliance, risk management, audit, and governance.
Why implement a COR?
We must keep a record of compliance obligations to meet regulatory requirements.
A compliance obligations register improves:
- risk management - by addressing legal and regulatory risks
- compliance - by identifying which laws and regulations apply to the organisation
- efficiency - by reducing the time and resources needed to track, document, and report on compliance-related tasks, allowing resources to be directed to the right activities
- accountability - by effectively managing and tracking obligations to ensure compliance, and owners of principal obligations are identified
- collaboration between teams and departments - by interactions associated with the register
Compliance Obligations Register Q3 2025
The register contains a listing of HSE obligations (internal and external). These obligations are itemised in chronological order based on when they were enacted.
HSE Compliance Obligations Register Q3 2025 (PDF, 475 KB, 21 pages)
External obligations (pages 2-7)
External obligations include laws, regulations, public policy and directives. Over 450 external obligations are currently listed.
Internal obligations (pages 8-21)
Internal obligations include policies, protocols, procedures, guidelines, and HR circulars designated as PPPGs. There are currently about 850 items on the internal register.
To make it easier to look through the register, the internal COR register is now divided into separate categories:
- HR circulars
- National Central Repository documents
- IT policies and procedures
- National Financial Regulations
- Other PPPGs
The updated COR now directs staff to 4 active HSE landing pages, making it easier to find the internal obligation's published documents and related subject matter experts. Many of these PPPGs exist to ensure that the organisation meets its external obligations.
Latest updates to the COR
External obligation additions in Q3 2025
- Companies Act 2014
- Irish Sign Language Act 2017
- Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022
- SI 559/2024 - European Union (Resilience of Critical Entities) Regulations 2024
- SI 309/2025 - European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2025
- SI 343/2025 - Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding Standard) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
- SI 348/2025 - Election of Members for Appointment to the Medical Scientists Registration Board Bye-law 2025
- SI 353/2025 - Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
- SI 416/2025 - Social Care Workers Registration Board Approved Qualifications Bye-Law 2025
- SI 418/2025 - Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2025
- SI 420/2025 - Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2025
- SI 422/2025 - Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 (Commencement) (Amendment) Order 2025
- SI 423/2025 - Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
- Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025
- Directive 2017/745/EU on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC
- Directive 2017/746/EU on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing
- Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU
- Directive 2019/881/EU (Cyber Security Act)
- Directive 2024/1689/EU (Artificial Intelligence Act)
- Directive 2024/2847/EU (Cyber Resilience Act)
- Directive 2025/038/EU (Cyber Solidarity Act)
- Directive 2025/327/EU Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
- EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation (HTAR) 2025
- National Clinical Guideline for Stroke for the United Kingdom and Ireland 2023
Internal obligation additions in Q3 2025
- HR Circular 010 2025 Extension of the Temporary Scheme of paid leave for Public Health Service employees unfit for work post Covid-19 infection until 31 December 2025
- HR Circular 011 2025 Special leave with Nominal Pay clarification regarding Single Public Service Pension Scheme
- HR Circular 012 2025 Non-reckonability of time spent working in a public body while employed by an employment agency for incremental credit purposes
- HR Circular 013 2025 Advance Specialist Pharmacists, Phase 2 implementation of the McLoughlin Report in Hospital Pharmacies
- HR Circular 014 2025 Application of 1 August 2025 Pay Adjustments
- HR Circular 015 2025 Upgrade of Registered Nurses, Intellectual Disability to CNM1
- HR Circular 016 2025 Mental Health Nursing on Call
- HSE National Procedure for transfer of an existing Paediatric Homecare Package from one HSE Health Region to another 2024
- HSE National Manual Handling and People Handling Policy 2025
- National Clinical Guideline on Venous Thromboembolism (NCG-VTE): Eve Protocol Phase 1
- HSE National Procedure for the Management and Governance of Employee Networks
- HSE Guidelines for Approved Organisations accessing and searching the Decision Support Service (DSS) Register
- HSE National Procedure for Initiating a Paediatric Homecare Package for Children with Complex Healthcare Needs within HSE Regional Health Areas
- HSE Procedure for Reviewing a Paediatric Homecare Package for Children with Complex Healthcare Needs
- HSE Procedure for Completion of Paediatric Community Nursing Assessment Tool (PCAT) for a Paediatric Homecare Package
- HSE Procedure for Approval & Management of a Planned Parental Absence for Children with Complex Healthcare Needs Receiving a Paediatric Homecare Package
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Usage Policy
- HSE Web Filtering Policy
- Guiding Framework for the Education, Training and Competence Validation in Venepuncture and Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation for Nurses and Midwives
- National Standards for Infant Feeding in Maternity Services
- National Clinical Practice Guideline Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring
Internal obligations withdrawn in Q3 2025
- Internet Content Filter Standard (replaced by HSE Web Filtering Policy)
- Framework for the Corporate and Financial Governance of the Health Service Executive - Codes of Standards and Behaviour Access Control Policy
- National Clinical Guideline - Prevention and Control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- National Clinical Guidelines on the Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of C. difficile Infection in Ireland
- Policy for the reimbursement of expenses for service users participating in the design, development and delivery of services in the HSE
- Procurement Support Request (PSR) Form
- Procurement Support Request (PSR) Guide
- Code of Conduct for Health and Social Service Providers (2018) (duplicate)
- Dealing with the Provision of Information to Public Representatives (TDs, Senators, MEPs and Local Representatives) (National Procedure)
- National Guidelines for the Prevention of Nosocomial Aspergillosis (duplicate)
- Procedure for Managing Open Disclosure within the Provisions of Part 4 of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017 and Civil Liability (Open Disclosure) (Prescribed Statements) Regulations 2018
- Intrapartum Foetal Heart Rate Monitoring
- HSE National Procedure on Nirsevimab to reduce RSV and associated hospitalisations in Infants
Internal obligations revised in Q3 2025
- HSE National Policy on the Prevention and Management of Work-Related Aggression and Violence (2025)
- Radiological Staging and Surveillance of Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma
- HSE National Procedure (SOP) on Nirsevimab to reduce Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and associated hospitalisations in Infants
- HSE IT Security Policy Glossary
- National Clinical Practice Guideline - Guideline On The Use Of Parenteral Nutrition In Neonatal And Paediatric Units
- Model of Care for Preadmission Services
- A National Framework for Recovery in Mental Health 2024-2028
- HSE Data Breach Process Guidance
- HSE Employee Handbook
- HSE Health Services Intercultural Guide Responding to the needs of diverse religious communities and cultures in healthcare settings
- HSE Management Controls Handbook
- Infection Control Guiding Principles for Buildings Acute Hospitals and Community Health and Social Care Settings
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Primary Care Settings in Ireland, a guide for general practice
- People Strategy 2025-2027
- Standards for Quality Assurance in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
Adding an obligation to the COR
The COR aims to provide a comprehensive list of HSE obligations. We cannot guarantee that all obligations have been included due to the large number of obligations that apply to an organisation of this size.
If you have an obligation to include in the COR or identify an obligation for removal, email central.compliancefunction@hse.ie