Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.
John O'Donoghue
Question:
97
Mr. O'Donoghue
asked the
Minister for Health
the number and names of persons appointed to boards, committees, commissions or subcommittees under the aegis of his Department; the remuneration attached to each position; the expenses incurred by each member including travel and subsistence to date for every member of each relevant body; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Limerick East): The number and names of persons appointed to boards under the aegis of my Department, since my appointment as Minister and the remuneration attached to each position are set out in the following table. The expenses — including travel and subsistence — incurred by each member of each board under the aegis of my Department — except An Bord Uchtála — is not available in the Department.
The expenses incurred by each member including travel and subsistence for An Bord Uchtála — the Adoption Board — are also set out.
All appointments to State boards under the aegis of my Department, and the payment of remuneration to members of boards under the aegis of this Department are determined according to the relevant Act or Statutory Instrument establishing each board and is in accordance with Government policy.
Information regarding the appointments to committees, commissions or subcommittees is not yet compiled. I will write to the Deputy directly with this information in due course.
The Minister for Health has appointed the following persons to State Boards under the aegis of his Department since 16 December 1994 to date¹. The number of persons appointed is 228.
Board
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Member
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An Bord Altranais
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Charlie Hardy
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An Bord Uchtála
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Patrick Durcan²
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Beaumont Hospital
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Séamus O'Brien
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Peter McLoone
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Denis McCarthy
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David Bouchier-Hayes
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Joyce Dillon
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John Gleeson
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Dr. Henry Osbourne
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Bridget Hogan
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Dr. Joe Walsh
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Bridget Birmingham
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Ann Devitt
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Dr. Aidan Hampsen
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Brid Nolan
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Aileen Barrett
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Kevin Jones
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Blood Transfusion Service Board
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Patrick Hourigan
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Dr. Rosemary Boothman
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Valerie Mannix
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Prof. Ian Temperley
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Dr. Rosemary Hone
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Prof. Shaun R. McCann
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Deirdre O'Connell
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Anne Small
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Diarmuid Shanley
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Roy Hanan
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Dr. Sheelah Ryan
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Board of the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, incorporating the National Children's Hospital
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Jennifer SowmanGay R.L. HoganJames V. RuttleMaurice J. Brooks
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Dr. Kenneth Milne
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Randall Plunkett
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Prof. Davis Coakley
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Charles O'Connor
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Comhairle na Nimheanna
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Tom McGuinn
|
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Cyril O'Sullivan
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Dr. Ann Bruzzi
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Niamh Cosgrave
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Tommy Neville
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Patrick Kavanagh
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Dr. J. Donohue
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Catherine Cleary
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Thomas Holly
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Michael O'Dwyer
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C. O'Driscoll
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Jerome O'Mullane
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P.J. O'Connor
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Dr. Mark Lynch
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Dr. J.A. Treacy
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Dr. Iona Pratt
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Prof. John Feely
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A.J. Quirke
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Comhairle na nOspideál
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Dr. Charles Shanahan
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Dr. Tom Peirce
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Dr. Margo Wrigley
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Prof. Brendan Drumm
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Dr. Fred Jackson
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Laura Viani
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Denis Doherty
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Catherine McDaid
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Frank Ahern
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Sheila Sullivan
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John Murphy
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Prof. Jim Fennelly
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Prof. Anthony Clare
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Dr. Mary Henry
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Christine Carney
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Aidan Hurley
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Maurice Neligan
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John McCarthy
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Dr. John J. Murphy
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Prof. Frank Keane
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Dr. Fidelma Flynn
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Prof. B.G. Loftus
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Dr. Deborah Condell
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Dr. Mary White
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Dr. Fiona Bradley
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Dr. Orla O'Reilly
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Wendy O'Conghaile
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Dental Council
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Dr. Gerry Gavin
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Noel Pocock
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Dr. Jacinta McLoughlin
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Maureen Considine
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Drug Treatment Centre Board
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Fr. Sean Cassin
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Denis McCarthy
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Sr. Raymond Bates
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Eastern Health Board
|
Dr. John Meehan
|
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Reggie Lalor
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Food Safety Advisory Board³
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Dr. Fergus Hill
|
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James Duggan
|
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Dr. James Kiely
|
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Ray Ellard
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Prof. John Hannan
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Mary McCarthy-Buckley
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Dr. Vivion Tarrant
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Maura Nolan
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Colm Gaynor
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Sean O'Donoghue
|
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Ailish Forde
|
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Mary Kearns
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Dr. Cliona Foley-Nolan
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Prof. Michael Gibney
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Prof. John Flynn
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Dr. Emer Shelly
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Bríd O'Connor
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Dr. James Sheridan
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Hugh Boyle
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Food Safety Board of Ireland
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Dr. Daniel O'Hare
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Prof. Cecily Kelleher
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James Kennedy
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Caroline Gill
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Prof. John Hannan
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Darina Allen
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Dr. Fergus Hill
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William Fagan
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Ann Scanlon
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Health Research Board
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Dr. Brian A. Lawlor
|
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Dermot Smyth
|
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Jim O'Brien
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Health Service Employers Agency
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John Cooney
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P.J. Fitzpatrick
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Martin Cowley
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Maria Cronin
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Frank Ahern
|
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Brendan Phelan
|
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Michael Kelly
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Irish Medicines Board
|
Pat O'Mahony
|
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Rita Clancy
|
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Albert J. Costello
|
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Denis Cronin
|
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Marie Hogan
|
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Anne Nolan
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Tom O'Mahony
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Prof. Kevin O'Malley
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Maura Waters
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Leopardstown Park Hospital
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Sandy Adams
|
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Nicholas Jermyn
|
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Dr. Tim O'Dwyer
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Eddie Matthews
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John McGilligan
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Marley Kavanagh
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Monica Walsh
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Marie Lewis
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Major M. O'Connell
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Alan Burnham
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Midland Health Board
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Dr. Katherine Brown
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William Aird
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Mid-Western Health Board
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Mary Jackman
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National Cancer Registry
|
Mary Dowling
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Board
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Prof. Bernadette Herity
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Prof. Áine Hyland
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Prof. Niall O'Higgins
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Dr. James J. Fennelly
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Dr. Kieran Sheahan
|
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Dr. Martin Rouse
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Prof. Alun Evans
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Dr. Elizabeth Keane
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Dr. Niall Tierney
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Fergal Lynch
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National Council for the Elderly
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Brian Murnane
|
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Dr. Mary Hynes
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Dr. Patricia Walsh
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Tim Leddin
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National Drugs Advisory
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Dr. Thomas B. Barragry
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Board4
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Dr. William Boles
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Dr. Declan Bonar
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Dr. Rosemary Boothman
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Dr. Joseph Briscoe
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Dr. Kevin Connolly
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Prof. John Feely
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Michael G. Gaynor
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Dr. Kathleen McGarry
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Tom McGuinn
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P.F. Nowlan
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Dr. Daniel O'Mahony
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George O'Malley
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Prof. Kevin O'Malley
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Prof. G.G. Shaw
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National Rehabilitation Board
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Frances Spillane
|
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John Collins
|
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Joe Cody
|
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Owen Roe O'Neill
|
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Joe Fallon
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Noreen Mullane
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Mairin Daly
|
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Patrick Halley
|
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Carmel Caden
|
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Laurence Kavanagh
|
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Jacqui Browne
|
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John Flannery
|
North-Eastern Health Board
|
Tom Kelly
|
Southern Health Board
|
Dr. Catherine Molloy
|
St. James's Hospital Board
|
Vincent Barton
|
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Seamus O'Brien
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St. Luke's and St. Anne's Hospital Board
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Dr. J.G. Cooney
|
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Francis Flannery
|
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Sr. Marie McKenna
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Sr. Bernadette McMahon
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Sr. Catherine Mulligan
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Donal O'Malley
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Patrick Shanley
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Brian Slowey
|
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Kay Conroy
|
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Sr. Antoinette Kelleher
|
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Kevin O'Donnell
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Tallaght Hospital Board
|
Vincent Barton
|
|
W.S. Sterling
|
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Thomas Cullen
|
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Prof. Richard Conroy
|
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Seamus O'Brien
|
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Prof. D.J. McConnell
|
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Mary McCarthy
|
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Prof. Hilary Hoey
|
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Catherine McDaid
|
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Eamon Walsh T.D.
|
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Anne Farrell
|
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Chris Flood T.D.
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Voluntary Health Insurance Board
|
Sheila Brazil
|
|
Paul Coulson
|
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Ann Fitzgerald
|
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Phil Flynn
|
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John McMenamin
|
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John O'Connor
|
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Lucy Pugh
|
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Clare O'Connor
|
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Dermot R. Hussey
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¹An individual appointed to a board and subsequently reappointed to the same board in the period is included once only.
²Patrick Durcan was appointed to An Bord Uchtála by Government Decision.
³The Food Safety Advisory Board continues to operate pending the statutory establishment of the Food Safety Board of Ireland.
4 The National Drug Advisory Board was dissolved with the establishment of the Irish Medicines Board on 1st January 1996.
The level of remuneration of members of boards under the aegis of the Department of Health is as follows:
Adoption Board: £2,000 per annum is paid to each ordinary member of the Board. An annual fee of £49,252 (at 31 December 1996) is paid to the full-time Chairperson of the Board.
Blood Transfusion Service Board: £15,000 per annum is paid to the Chairperson of the Board.
Health Research Board: While the Establishment Order for the Board provides for the payment of remuneration as may be determined by the Minister, the current board decided not to accept such remuneration.
Irish Medicines Board: The Irish Medicines Board Act, 1995 provides for the payment of remuneration to the Chairperson of the Board. Discussions are on-going with the Department of Finance to determine the appropriate level of remuneration.
Voluntary Health Insurance Board: £6,000 per annum is payable to the Chairperson of the Voluntary Health Insurance Board. Other members of the Board are paid £4,000 per annum.
Each Health Board: £7,500 per annum is payable for the combined allowances of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of each Health Board.
Remuneration paid to members of boards under the aegis of this Department is determined according to the relevant Act or Statutory Instrument establishing each board.
The expenses incurred by the members of An Bord Uchtála for the period 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1997 are as follows:
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£
|
Vivienne Darling
|
658.37
|
Patrick Durcan
|
7,892.05
|
Deirdre McIntyre
|
500.84
|
Nora Nowlan
|
657.93
|
Virgina Rochford
|
1,836.34
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Geraldine Shanley
|
208.15
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Orlaith Traynor
|
171.72
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