About Us

Sustainable quality eye care delivered for the community, by the community.

What we do

We co-ordinate, channel and negotiate, on their behalf, the collective views and interests of all primary care optometrists, dispensing opticians and optical bodies corporate as providers of eye care in NI.

Our primary objective

To raise public and professional awareness about proactive eye care.

How we do it

Proactive PR, lobbying and continuous engagement with all key stakeholders.

Why we do it

To save people’s sight.

Our Mission

Sustainable, scalable and equitable community eye care

Our mission is to work on behalf of the profession, with the Department of Health, and Health and Social Care Board, to deliver a first rate community eye care service, which is sustainable, scalable and equitable to all the profession.

Our Values

Ambition

Continuous improvement

People focused

Professionalism

Evidence informed

We want to raise awareness about proactive eye care by engaging with all stakeholders to reduce avoidable blindness.

Optometry Northern Ireland was established over 20 years ago from the Negotiating Committee for Northern Ireland to present a united voice to the Northern Ireland Department of Health, politicians, media and others.

ONI has representation from the main associations for optometrists and dispensing opticians in N.I.

The council is made up of 16 members who give up their time to promote optometry.

Meet the team

Our Council.

Jill Campbell

Chair

Brian McKeown

Vice Chair
Association of Optometrists member

Stephen Vendevyver

Optometrist

Karen Breslin

University of Ulster

Katie Curran

College of Optometrists

Michael Fairbairn

NIOS Member

Rachel Scott

Optometrist

Steven Harding

Association of British Dispensing Opticians

Lucy Rundle

Optometrist

Graeme Black

Optometrist

Sara Ball

Admin

Eavan Kennedy

Optometrist

Tanya Connor

Optometrist

Deirdre McAree

FODO