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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 22 Jan 1997

Vol. 473 No. 4

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

Helen Keogh

Question:

169 Ms Keogh asked the Minister for Health the State and semi-State boards under the aegis of his Department; the appointments, if any, which have been made to these boards in the past year; the number of women who have been appointed; the percentage of women currently on each of these boards; and the end date of the current term of all of the boards. [1345/97]

Limerick East): The information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows. The term of members of boards frequently do not finish on the same day. Individual members are appointed from time to time, as appropriate.

The appointments that have been made by the Minister for Health to boards under the aegis of the Department of Health from 1 January 1996 to 10 January 1997.

Board

Member

Date of Appointment

Blood Transfusion Service Board

Dr. Rosemary Boothman

4 September 1996

Valerie Mannix

4 September 1996

Prof. Ian Temperley

4 September 1996

Dr. Rosemary Hone

29 October 1996

Prof. Shaun R. McCann

29 November 1996

Board of the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, incorporating the National Children's Hospital

Jennifer Sowman

1 August 1996

Gay R.L. Hogan

1 August 1996

James V. Ruttle

1 August 1996

Maurice J. Brooks

1 August 1996

Dr. Kenneth Milne

1 August 1996

Randall Plunkett

1 August 1996

Prof. Davis Coakley

30 August 1996

Cllr. Charles O'Connor

20 September 1996

Food Safety of Ireland

Dr. Daniel O'Hare

6 November 1996

Prof. Cecily Kelleher

6 November 1996

James Kennedy

6 November 1996

Caroline Gill

6 November 1996

Prof. John Hannan

6 November 1996

Darina Allen

6 November 1996

Dr. Fergus Hill

6 November 1996

William Fagan

6 November 1996

Ann Scanlon

6 November 1996

Health Research Board

Jim O'Brien

31 May 1996

Health Service Employers Agency

John Cooney

12 December 1996

P.J. Fitzpatrick

12 December 1996

Martin Cowley

12 December 1996

Marina Cronin

12 December 1996

Frank Ahern

12 December 1996

Brendan Phelan

12 December 1996

Michael Kelly

12 December 1996

Irish Medicines Board

Pat O'Mahony

3 January 1996

Rita Clancy

3 January 1996

Albert J. Costello

3 January 1996

Denis Cronin

3 January 1996

Marie Hogan

3 January 1996

Anne Nolan

3 January 1996

Tom O'Mahony

3 January 1996

Prof. Kevin O'Malley

3 January 1996

Maura Waters

3 January 1996

Midland Health Board

Dr. Katherine Brown

2 September 1996

William Aird

20 December 1996

Mid-Western Health Board

Cllr. Mary Jackman

14 March 1996

National Cancer Registry Board

Prof. Bernadette Herity

18 October 1996

Prof. Áine Hyland

18 October 1996

Prof. Niall O'Higgins

18 October 1996

Dr. James J. Fennelly

18 October 1996

Dr. Kieran Sheahan

18 October 1996

Dr. Martin Rouse

18 October 1996

Prof. Alun Evans

18 October 1996

Dr. Elizabeth Keane

18 October 1996

Dr. Niall Tierney

18 October 1996

Fergal Lynch

18 October 1996

National Council for the Elderly

Tim Leddin

20 December 1996

National Rehabilitation Board

Patrick Halley

31 July 1996

Carmel Caden

22 October 1996

Laurence Kavanagh

22 October 1996

Jacqui Browne

23 December 1996

Cllr. John Flannery

23 December 1996

North-Eastern Health Board

Cllr. Tom Kelly

16 February 1996

St. James's Hospital Board

Seamus O'Brien

31 January 1996

St. Luke's and St. Anne's Hospital Board

Brian Slowey

10 January 1997

Frank Flannery

10 January 1997

Donal O'Mahony

10 January 1997

Paddy Shanley

10 January 1997

Kay Conroy

10 January 1997

Kevin O'Donnell

10 January 1997

Sr. Catherine Mulligan

10 January 1997

Dr. John Cooney

10 January 1997

Sr. Bernadette McMahon

10 January 1997

Sr. Antoinette Kelleher

10 January 1997

Tallaght Hospital Board

Prof. Richard Conroy

5 July 1996

Seamus O'Brien

5 July 1996

Prof. D.J. McConnell

5 July 1996

Mary McCarthy

5 July 1996

Prof. Hilary Hoey

5 July 1996

Catherine McDaid

5 July 1996

Eamon Walsh T.D.

5 July 1996

Vincent Barton

5 July 1996

Anne Farrell

5 July 1996

Chris Flood T.D.

5 July 1996

Voluntary Health Insurance Board

Sheila Brazil

27 May 1996

Paul Coulson

27 May 1996

Ann Fitzgerald

27 May 1996

Phil Flynn

27 May 1996

John McMenamin

27 May 1996

John O'Connor

27 May 1996

Lucy Pugh

27 May 1996

Clare O'Connor

11 June 1996

The total number of women appointed was 32.
Appendix B.
Boards under the aegis of the Minister for Health.
Refers to Appointments at 10 January 1997.

Board Name

Percentage of Women Members

%

An Bord Altranais

52

An Bord Uchtala

66

Beaumont Hospital Board

40

Blood Transfusion Service Board

42

Board of the Adelaide and Meath Hospital

26

Bord na Radharmaistoiri

27

Comhairle na nOspideal

45

Comhairle na Nimheanna

28

Dental Council

16

Drug Treatment Centre Board

10

Dublin Dental Hospital Board

38

Food Safety Advisory Board

38

Food Safety Board of Ireland

44

General Medical Services Payments Board

0

Health Research Board

31

Health Service Employers Agency

14

Hospital Bodies Administrative Bureau

33

Irish Medicines Board

44

Leopardstown Park Hospital

33

Medical Council

25

National Council for the Elderly

57

National Cancer Registry Board

30

National Rehabilitation Board

40

St. James's Hospital Board

17

St. Luke's and St. Anne's Hospital Board

40

Tallaght Hospital Board

26

Voluntary Health Insurance Board

42

Eastern Health Board

24

Midland Health Board

13

Mid-Western Health Board

18

North-Eastern Health Board

10

North-Western Health Board

15

South-Eastern Health Board

10

Southern Health Board

15

Western Health Board

13

Appendix C.
Expiry Dates of Boards Under the Aegis of the Minister for Health.

Name of Board

No. of Members

Term Expires

An Bord Altranais

29

All on 02-10-97

An Bord Uchtála

9

All on 29-01-98

Beaumont Hospital Board

15

14 on 03-12-98 1 on 13-01-97

Bord of the Adelaide and Meath

23

21 on 31-07-99 1 on 29-08-99 1 on 19-09-99

Blood Transfusion Service Board

12

Various dates from 13-01-97-28-11-99

Bord na Radharmaistoiri

11

All on 31-12-99

Comhairle na nOspideal

27

All on 15-12-00

Comhairle na Nimheanna

18

All on 20-12-00

Dental Council

19

All on 12-11-00

Drug Treatment Centre Board

10

All on 11-10-97

Dublin Dental Hospital Board

14

All on 30-07-98

Food Safety Advisory Board

16

All on 21-06-99

Food Safety Board of Ireland

9

No Specific Term

General Medical Services Payments Board

10 (at present)

No Specific Term

Health Research Board

16

All on 06-02-97

Health Service Employers Agency

7 (at present)

All on 11-12-99

Hospital Bodies Administrative Bureau

3 (at present)

No Specific Term

Irish Medicines Board

9

All on 03-01-01

Leopardstown Park Hospital

9

All on 11-01-00

Medical Council

25

6 on 15-06-99 19 on 12-05-99

National Cancer Registry Board

10

All on 17-01-01

National Council for the Elderly

29

Various dates between 01-09-96 — 19-12-00

National Rehabilitation Board

20

Various dates between 05-10-97 — 22-12-00

St. James's Hospital Board

18

All on 05-12-97

St. Luke's and St. Anne's Hospital Board

10

All on 30-06-98

Tallaght Hospital Board

23 (at present)

Various dates between 18-04-97 — 04-07-99

Voluntary Health Insurance Board

12

Various dates between 06-02-97 — 10-06-01

Eastern Health Board

38

16 on 30-06-97 22 on the day after successor appointed by relevant Local Authorities

Midland Health Board

30

14 on 30-06-97 16 on the day after successor appointed by relevant Local Authorities.

Mid-Western Health Board

28

13 on 30-06-97 15 on the day after successor appointed by relevant Local Authorities

North-Eastern Health Board

30

14 on 30-06-97 16 on the day after successor appointed by relevant Local Authorities

North-Western Health Board

27

13 on 30-06-97 14 on the day after successor appointed by relevant Local Authorities

South-Eastern Health Board

31

15 on 30-06-97 16 on the day after successor appointed by relevant Local Authorities

Southern Health Board

33

15 on 30-06-97 18 on the day after successor appointed by relevant Local Authorities

Western Health Board

31

14 on 30-06-97 17 on the day after successor appointed by relevant Local Authorities

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