asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of all the statutory and voluntary bodies or agencies which come under the aegis of his Department.
Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies or Agencies.
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In addition to the eight regional health boards, there are 32 statutory and three voluntary bodies currently under the aegis of my Department as follows:
An Bord Altranais
Beaumont Hospital Board
Blood Transfusion Service Board
Board for the Employment of the Blind
Bord na Radharcmhastóirí
Bord Uchtála
Comhairle na nOspidéal
Comhairle na Nimheanna
Cork Hospital Board
Cork Voluntary Hospitals Board
Dental Council
Dublin Dental Hospital Board
Food Advisory Committee
General Medical Services Payments Board
Health Education Bureau
Health Research Board
Hospital Bodies Administrative Bureau
Hospital Joint Services Board
Hospitals Trust Board
Leopardstown Park Hospital Board
Medical Council
National Council for the Aged
National Drugs Advisory Board
National Health Council
National Rehabilitation Board
National Social Services Board
Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board
St. James's Hospital Board
St. Laurence's Hospital Board
St. Luke's Hospital Board
Tallaght Hospital Board
Therapeutic Substances Advisory Committee
Voluntary Health Insurance Board
Voluntary Bodies
Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children
National Association for the Mentally Handicapped of Ireland
Union of Voluntary Organisations for the Handicapped
In addition to these three bodies which function at a national level my Department is involved with a wide variety of voluntary hospitals and organisations providing services to the sick and to the physically and mentally handicapped, on behalf of the health boards.
Many other voluntary organisations receive financial and other support direct from the regional health boards.