Poison centre notification in Ireland
Verified against ECHA’s member state overview ·
Ireland's PCN route is simple: ECHA Submission portal, English, no submission fee, no confirmation-of-receipt wait. The appointed body is the National Poisons Information Centre at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, designated under the Chemicals Act 2009.
The cost to plan for is the phone number, not the PCN. If you quote NPIC's 24/7 emergency line in section 1.4 of your safety data sheets, NPIC charges an annual retainer of €650 excluding VAT per company, reduced to €200 for companies with fewer than ten products, under an agreement that lapses if unpaid for three months. Companies dealing only in biocides or plant-protection products are exempt.
What to watch for in Ireland
- No PCN fee; the NPIC annual retainer applies only to using its emergency number in SDSs.
- The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) publishes Irish PCN guidance.
- English-language market: no translation needed for an English dossier.
The submission itself is the same in every member state that accepts the ECHA route: a PCN dossier in ECHA’s current format, with the mixture’s UFI, its full composition and its product category. See how to submit a PCN for the process end to end, or compare the 30 countries in the country overview table.
Sources
- Overview of Member States decisions (MSD), ECHA, v14, May 2026.
- Appointed bodies list, ECHA, accessed July 2026.
- NPIC: information for industry (SDS retainer), NPIC / Beaumont Hospital, accessed July 2026.