The NTPF arranges treatments for patients, provides independently assured waiting list information, develops systems and processes which contribute to health system reform, negotiates prices for nursing home care, and provides expert advice to the Minister for Health.
Disability & Accessibility
Requirements of the NTPF as a Public Body
As a public body, the NTPF is required to ensure that it complies with sections 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the Disability Act 2005 (“the Act”).
Section 25 requires the organisation to ensure that areas of its building(s) to which the general public has access are accessible to people with disabilities.
Section 26 requires the organisation to ensure that its mainstream public services are accessible to people with disabilities insofar as this is practical and appropriate. If it considers it necessary, the organisation must provide assistance to persons with disabilities in accessing its services. Where it is appropriate the organisation must have available to it, appropriate expertise and skills to advise the public body in ensuring that its services are accessible.
Section 26(2) requires the organisation to appoint an “access officer” to provide or arrange for and co-ordinate the provision of assistance and guidance to persons with disabilities in accessing its services.
Section 27 requires the organisation to ensure that goods or services purchased by it are accessible to persons with disabilities.
Section 28 requires the organisation to ensure that information imparted by it, is provided in an accessible format to persons with disabilities.
Access Officer
In accordance with section 26(2) of the Act, the organisation has appointed Ciaran McGreevy as its “Access Officer”. The Access Officer is responsible for providing or arranging for, and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to, persons with disabilities accessing services provided by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, and generally to act as a point of contact for people with disabilities wishing to access such services.
The contact details for Ciaran McGreevy are as follows:
National Treatment Purchase Fund,
Ashford House,
Tara Street,
Dublin 2,
D02 VX67.
Email: ask@ntpf.ie
Phone (01) 642 7101
Accessibility Statement
The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020.
This accessibility statement applies to content published on www.ntpf.ie.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 level AA , due to the non-accessible content listed below.
Non-accessible content
Some content on the NTPF’s website does not fully comply with the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020. For example:
- Some documents in PDF are not fully accessible. In particular, our Annual Reports and Strategic Plans. Our staff are reviewing and improving the accessibility of PDFs and are working to address identified issues on an ongoing basis.
- Some images on the site provide visual explanations of processes and procedures without providing a full text-based explanation. Our staff are reviewing the use of these images and working to replace these images with accessible content.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 22 July 2026, following a review of a sample number of pages against all relevant WCAG 2.1 AA Success Criteria.
Feedback and contact information
The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for persons with disabilities. We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this website.
If you have any comments or suggestions about the accessibility of this website, please email our Stakeholder Manager, Etain Kett at etain.kett@ntpf.ie .
If you wish to request particular content in an accessible format, please include the following details:
- Your required format.
- The content you wish to receive (please include the URL of the content).
- Your name and email address.
We will make all reasonable efforts to fulfil your request.
Enforcement procedure
You can make a complaint about the accessibility of this website under the Disability Act 2005 (No. 14 of 2005) by contacting our Stakeholder Manager, Etain Kett at etain.kett@ntpf.ie.
If you are not happy about our response to your complaint, you can ask the Ombudsman to look into your complaint. Here is the contact information for and guidance on making a complaint from the Office of the Ombudsman.
General enquiries
For all other general enquiries about persons with disabilities accessing services provided by the National Treatment Purchase Fund please contact our Access Officer Ciaran McGreevy.
The contact details for Ciaran McGreevy are as above under details for Access Officer.