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Environmental Health
Our
Mission Statement
“To provide
a range of services designed to maintain and improve the quality
of life, the environment and to protect the health and safety of
the public”.
Our main areas of work include:
Food
Safety
Aim
- “to reduce the risk to consumers by striving to
ensure that all food produced, imported or sold within the district
is fit for human consumption, is of genuine quality and composition,
correctly labelled and free from contamination”.
Environmental Protection
Environmental
Protection
Aim
– to protect and enhance public health and
our environment through education and enforcement, with a focus
on : Air Quality (the quality of air we breathe) , Noise Nuisance
(investigation of noise complaints), Radiation Monitoring and Environmental
Management (waste disposal, use of natural resources, energy conservation
and transport).
See Environmental
Protection
Health
and Safety at Work
Aim
- “to enhance the health safety and welfare of persons
at work and protect those who may be put at risk arising from work
activities in those premises for which we have enforcement responsibility”
Consumer
Protection and Home Safety
Aim
- “to protect the safety and health of the public through
the monitoring of consumer goods on sale and through targeted action
to vulnerable groups relating to safety in the home”
See Consumer
Safety
See Home
Safety
Public
Health and Housing
Aim
- “to investigate and remedy where necessary conditions which
present a risk to health and well being due to poor housing, drainage
or public health nuisances”
Port Health
Aim
– to prevent the introduction into the country of epidemic,
contagious and infectious diseases and to ensure the wholesomeness
of imported food.
Dog
Control
Aim
- “to minimize the problems caused by dogs be it
straying, fouling or attacking people or animals”
Litter
Control
Aim
– “to protect public health and the environment from
the consequences of litter, dog fouling and abandoned trolleys on
land in the open air”.
Aim
– “to promote public safety, health and welfare by carrying
out statutory and regulatory functions”.
See Litter
Sustainability
Aim
– “to meet the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their needs”.
Main
Contact details
John Farrell
Director of
Environmental Health
T : 028 3031 3100 ext 3106
Steve Cooper
Assistant Director of Environmental Health
T : 028 3031 3100 ext 3096
Eoin Devlin
Assistant Director of Environmental Health
T : 028 3031 3100 ext 3114
Kevin Scullion
Assistant Director of Environmental Health
T : 028 3031 3100 ext 3111
Office Tel No : 028 3031 3100
Fax No : 028 302 64482
Out of Hours Numbers
07736 093386
07834 929134
Should you wish
to contact us by e mail to request a service, make an enquiry or
comment please use the e mail link below:
ehealth@newryandmourne.gov.uk
From time to
time the department receives enquiries for services which are not
our direct responsibility. We have listed below a selection of the
most common services for your information:
| Northern
Ireland Housing Executive |
0844 8920900 |
| NI Water |
0845 7440088 |
| Road Service
(Newry) |
028 302
53333 |
| Departmentof
Agriculture and Rural Development (Newry) |
028 3025
3200 |
| Trading
Standards Customer Care Line |
0845 600
6262 |
| Health
and Safety Executive NI |
028 9024
3249 |
| Rivers
Agency |
028 9260
6100 |
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