Safety Representatives

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 requires that the University consult with its employees on safety, health and welfare at work issues, and one means of safety consultation is through Safety Representatives. 

Safety Representatives are staff who have been elected by their co-workers to represent them on health and safety matters.  Safety consultation is their primary role and their rights are set out in Section 25 of the 2005 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work, Act. Within NUI Galway 8 Safety Representative areas have been identified and employees in each area elect a fellow employee to represent them on workplace safety issues.

Area 1:  Cairnes Buildings, Áras Moyola & Science & Technology Buildings:
Contact: Declan Coogan, School of Psychology
Internal Phone: 3265
E-mail: declan.coogan@nuigalway.ie

Area 2: Clinical Science Institute, Anatomy, Block G:
Contact: Mark Webber, Pathology
Internal Phone: 87-4373
E-mail: mark.webber@nuigalway.ie

Area 3: Arts Science (NW), IT Building & Arts Millennium Building:
Contact: Pat O'Sullivan, Information Solutions & Services
Internal Phone: 2029
E-mail: pat.osullivan@nuigalway.ie

Area 4: James Hardiman Library, Áras na Gaeilge, Block C &
Buildings Workshop:
Contact: Fergal Murray, Buildings Office
Internal Phone: 2598
E-mail: fergal.murray@nuigalway.ie

Area 5: Arts Science (SE), Orbsen Building & NDC Building:
Contact: Bernadette Ashe, Dept. of Biochemistry
Internal Phone: 2059
E-mail: bernadette.ashe@nuigalway.ie

Area 6: MRI Institute, Áras na MacLeinn, Earls Island:
Contact Colm Moriarty, MRI Institute
Internal Phone: 3239
E-mail: colm.moriarty@nuigalway.ie

Area 7: Quadrangle, Distillery Road Buildings, Nuns Island:
Contact: Robyn Reilly, Buildings Office
Internal Phone 2134
E-mail: robyn.reilly@nuigalway.ie

Area 8:  Engineering Building: 
Contact: vacant
Internal Phone: tbc
E-mail: tbc