Contact

Contact us by email registration@hiqa.ie, or by telephone: 021 240 9340

HIQA's Chief Inspector of Social Services is responsible for the registration of designated centres for people with disabilities.

Registration is for a period of three years and the registered provider must apply to renew their registration at least six months in advance of the expiry date of their current registration period.

Registered providers are only allowed to operate a designated centre if they are registered by the Chief Inspector.

Registration handbook

Description

Our Registration handbook provides a complete overview of all aspects of registration in a single convenient document. We have also published guidance on being ready for a site assessment as part of an application.

You must apply to register or renew registration of a designated centre for people with disabilities by completing a registration pack and posting your complete pack to our Registration Office. 

If you plan to open a new designated centre, the centre must be ready for assessment and decision at the time of application.

Registered providers who wish to renew their registration of a designated centre must apply at least six months before the expiry date of their current registration.

Each form is an editable PDF which you can fill in by saving them to your desktop first. If you are having problems saving a form, download the latest free version of PDF reader here.

Change of registered provider

Description

Where a new provider is seeking to register an existing designated centre, they must make an application to register before they can legally operate the centre. The current registered provider must also give consent before the Chief Inspector will accept the application.

Registration of a designated centre

Description

If you plan to open a new designated centre, please refer to our Registration handbook for further instructions about applying. Registration application packs can be downloaded from the folders below.

Renewal of registration of a designated centre

Description

Registered providers who wish to renew their registration of a designated centre must apply at least six months before the expiry date of their current registration.

Registration renewal application packs can be downloaded from the folders below.

Application to vary or remove a condition of registration

Description

A registered provider carrying on the business of a designated centre may apply to the Chief Inspector for the variation or removal of any condition applied to the registration of the designated centre.

  • Application to Vary or Remove a Condition

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‘Being Application Ready’ Webinar

Description

The Chief Inspector within HIQA hosted a webinar for registered providers of disability services in September 2023 on the theme of ‘Being Application Ready’. You can access the slides from the webinar at the link below and please also see the frequently asked questions document which was drafted to address the most common queries that arose during the webinar.

You are required to notify us of any changes to information supplied for the purpose of registration.

To assist you to meet this regulatory requirement, we have designed a suite of notification forms. Please refer to our Registration Notification Handbook for more guidance on how to complete each notification form.

Portal

The most efficient way for you to submit your registration notification is by logging on to our Provider Portal. Please read our Provider Portal Guidance for more information.

Prescribed information document templates

If you are completing an NF30A or NF31 Notification Form, you must submit prescribed information for a new person in charge or a new person participating in management. Please click on the link below to access the relevant prescribed information document templates in editable PDF format. These documents can be submitted by portal.

Please read our Registration Prescribed Information Handbook for more guidance on what information is required and how to complete the documentation.

Post

Alternatively you may complete an editable PDF version of the form. You can fill in the form by saving the relevant template to your desktop; you should then post the form and prescribed information to: Registration Office, Regulatory Support Services, Health Information and Quality Authority, Unit 1301, City Gate, Mahon, Cork, T12 Y2XT.

If you are having problems saving an editable PDF form, download the latest free version of PDF reader here.

You can contact the registration office in one of the following ways:

  • Postal address: Registration Office, Regulatory Support Services, Health Information and Quality Authority, Unit 1301, City Gate, Mahon, Cork, T12 Y2XT.
  • Email address: registration@hiqa.ie   
  • Telephone number: 021 240 9340