Written Answers. - Regional Co-ordinating Committee on Mental Handicap.
Jim Mitchell
Question:
135
Mr. J. Mitchell
asked the
Minister for Health
his views on whether the identity of the members of the regional co-ordinating committees on mental handicap should be public knowledge; if he will give a list of the members of the regional co-ordinating committees and the organisations with which these members are associated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
I have no objection to giving the Deputy information about membership of the regional co-ordinating committees on mental handicap. Details of the membership of each committee, and the organisations with which they are associated, are as follows:
Eastern Health Board
Bro. Laurence Kearns, Provincial, Hospitaller Order of St. John of God.
Dr. M. Mulcahy, Medical Director, Stewart's Hospital.
Sr. Angela Magee, Provincial Counsellor, Daughters of Charity.
Mr. P. Moloney, Chief Executive Officer, St. Michael's House.
Mr. J. O'Gorman, Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, Moore Abbey, Monasterevan.
Mr. J. Giles, Managing Director, Sunbeam House, Bray.
Mr. Brendan Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Cheeverstown House.
Mrs. Annie Ryan, Chairperson, N.A.M.H.I.
Mr. Michael Walsh, Programme Manager, Special Hospital Care Programme, Eastern Health Board.
Midland Health Board
Mr. D. O'Dwyer, Programme Manager, Community Care, Midland Health Board.
Mr. John O'Gorman, Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, Moore Abbey, Monasterevan. Sr. Anne Lynch, Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, Moore Abbey, Monasterevan.
Dr. L. Hanniffy, R.M.S. — Chief Psychiatrist, St. Fintan's Hospital, Portlaoise (MHB).
Dr. O. J. Leavy, A.R.M.S. — Chief Psychiatrist, St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar (M.H.B.).
Dr. S. Ryan, Director of Community Care — M.O.H., Longford-Westmeath (MHB).
Dr. P. Callan, A/Director of Community Care — M.O.H., Laois-Offaly (MHB).
Mr. John Kincaid, Community Care Administrator, Laois-Offaly (MHB).
Mr. Pat O'Rourke, Community Care Administrator, Longford-Westmeath (MHB).
Mr. P. J. Wyer, Tullamore.
Mr. Stephen Kealy, Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, Moore Abbey — Birr Sector.
Mr. John Gately, St. Hilda's, Athlone.
Ms. S. Dawson, St. Christopher's, Longford.
Mr. Sean Quinn, Mullingar.
Mr. Gordon Bradley, Stradbally, County Laois.
North Eastern Health Board
Dr. Declan Bedford, Director of Community Care — M.O.H., Meath (NEHB).
Mr. Pat Black, Chief Nursing Officer, St. Brigid's Hospital, Ardee (NEHB).
Mr. Harry Boland, Representative of Louth Parents & Friends of Mentally Handicapped.
Ms. Arlette Howell, Senior Instructor, Drumlin House, Cootehill.
Dr. Fenton Howell, Director of Community Care — M.O.H., Louth (NEHB).
Mr. Dermot Kierans, Order of Malta, Drogheda.
Mr. Leo Kinsella, A/Director of Mental Handicap Services, Clogher House Services.
Dr. Imelda Lynskey, Director of Community Care — M.O.H., Cavan-Monaghan (NEHB).
Ms. Brege McCarrick, Area Manager, National Rehabilitation Board, Mullingar.
Mr. Peter McKevitt, Regional Manager, Rehabilitation Institute, Moynehall, Cavan.
Mr. Damien Murray, Director of Mental Handicap Services, North-Eastern Health Board.
Mr. Peter Nolan, Representative of Monaghan Parents & Friends of Mentally Handicapped.
Mr. John O'Gorman, Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, St. Mary's, Delvin.
Mr. Dan Rogan, Representative of Monaghan Parents and Friends of Mentally Handicapped.
Bro. Aloysious Shannon, Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, St. Mary's, Drumcar, County Louth.
Southern Health Board
Mr. T. O'Dwyer, Programme Manager, Special Hospitals, Southern Health Board.
Mr. T. O'Donnell, Brothers of Charity, Lota.
Sr. Marie, St. Mary of the Angels, Beaufort.
Mr. J. Buttimer, COPE Foundation, Cork.
Mr. T. Darmody, Kerry Parents and Friends of the Mentally Handicapped.
Fr. Pollock, St. Patrick's, Upton.
These six people are appointed by the chief executive officer of the health board to form the planning committee. In addition a consultative committee consisting of 11 representatives of the various voluntary agencies and five representatives of the statutory agencies advise the Planning Committee.
Western Health Board
Mr. T. Hogan, chief executive, Galway County Association.
Mr. J. O'Dea, executive director, Western Care Association.
Bro. Dermot Manning, Director, Brothers of Charity.
Mr. J. Gately. St. Hilda's, Athlone.
Dr. M. Fitzgerald, A/D.C.C., Community Care Offices, (WHB).
Dr. M. Glacken, D.C.C., County Clinic, (W.H.B.).
Dr. P. McCrann, A/D.C.C., Community Care Offices, Roscommon (WHB).
Mr. F. Kilgannon, Director of Services, Aras Attracta.
Mr. Peadar Burns, Ballinasloe.
Mr. Michael Bruton, Programme Manager, Community Care Programme, (WHB).
Mr. Brian O'Donnell, (Secretary) Community Care (W.H.B.).
The regional mental handicap co-ordinating committees in the Mid-Western Health Board region and the South-Eastern Health Board region are in the process of being reappointed. Names will be forwarded to the Deputy when available.
The position in the North Western Health Board region is that there are two parent-families advisory committees, one for Sligo-Leitrim, and one for the Donegal community care areas. These committees advise the chief executive officer and other senior managers on the provision and development of services. Additionally, senior managers of the board have regular liaison with the Sisters of La Sagesse, Cregg House, Sligo, with regard to service provision.
