NSAI was established under the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 and reports to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The state agency responsible for standardisation, conformity assessment and measurement, NSAI aims to improve the performance of Irish business and protect consumers by developing standards, inspecting measuring instruments used in trade, and conducting a
udits and issuing certificates on the application of standards to goods, services and measurements. As such, NSAI provides a comprehensive range certification service, enabling businesses to demonstrate that Irish goods and services conform to the highest standards. We achieve our goals by:
~Encouraging the use of standards with the aim of helping businesses throughout the country
~Formulating standards, guides, recommendations and codes of practice for the manufacturing and services industries
~ Promoting and facilitating industry participation in the development of standards at national, European and international levels
~ Providing businesses with internationally-recognised certification for products, processes or practices
~Maintaining and ensuring industry access to internationally traceable measurement standards
~Providing high precision measurement calibration services
~ Overseeing measurements and measuring instruments used in trade
