Written Answers. - Semi-State Bodies. – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) – Thursday, 1 May 1997

Members	Nominating Body
1. Ms Margaret McCarthy	Nursing Profession
2. Mr. Aidan Browne	Nursing Profession
3. Ms Mary Gilligan	Nursing Profession
4. Ms Catherine Collins	Nursing Profession
5. Ms Eileen Musgrave	Nursing Profession
6. Ms Hanora Henry	Nursing Profession
7. Mr. Michael Fanning	Nursing Profession
8. Mr. Desmond Kavanagh	Nursing Profession
9. Mr. Séamus Murphy	Nursing Profession
10. Ms Ann Mulhall	Nursing Profession
11. Ms Ita O'Dwyer (President)	Nursing Profession
12. Ms Ann Martin	Nursing Profession
13. Mr. John Griffin	Nursing Profession
14. Sr. Sheila Ryan	Nursing Profession
15. Mr. Derrick Smyth	Nursing Profession
16. Ms Mary McDermott	Nursing Profession
17. Ms Barbara Haslam	Nursing Profession
18. Mr. W.P. Hederman	Minister
19. Dr. Brian McCaffrey	Minister
20. Prof. John Bonnar	Minister
21. Mr. J.P. Fitzpatrick	Minister
22. Mr. Tony Gilligan	Minister
23. Vacancy	Minister
24. Mr. Charlie Hardy	Minister
25. Mr. Seán Nolan	Minister
26. Sr. Triona Harvey	Minister
27. Mr. Peter McLoone	Minister
28. Ms Kathryn Byrne	Minister
29. Ms Augusta Fitzsimons	Minister

An Bord Uchtála

Main Function: To decide on applications for Adoption Orders and to register voluntary hospital societies

Members	Nominating Body
1. Ms Virginia Rochford (Chairman)	Government
2. Ms Geraldine Shanley	Government
3. Ms Vivienne Darling	Government
4. Mr. Brian Doolan	Government
5. Mrs. Nora Nowlan	Government
6. Mr. Patrick Durcan (Deputy Chairman)	Government
7. Ms Deirdre MacIntyre	Government
8. Mr. Roger McGreal	Government
9. Ms Orlaith Traynor	Government

NOTE: While the members of An Bord Uchtála are appointed by the Government, in practice this is done on the nomination of the Minister responsible i.e. the Minister for Health.

Beaumont Hospital Board

Main Function: To administer Beaumont Hospital

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Séamus O'Brien	Minister
2. Ms Aileen Barrett	Minister
3. Prof. David Bouchier Hayes	Minister
4. Ms Bridget Hogan	Minister
5. Dr. Joe Walsh	Minister
6. Dr. Henry Osborne	Minister
7. Ms Joyce Dillon	Minister
8. Ms Ann Devitt	Minister
9. Dr. Aidan Hampsen	Minister
10. Mr. John Gleeson	Minister
11. Mr. Denis McCarthy	Minister
12. Mr. Peter McLoone	Minister
13. Ms Brid Nolan	Minister
14. Ms Bridget Birmingham	Minister
15. Mr. Kevin Jones (Chairman)	Minister

Blood Transfusion Service Board

Main Function: Provision of a central blood bank

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Joseph Holloway	Minister
(Chairman)
2. Dr. Rosemary Boothman	Minister
3. Ms Valerie Mannix	Minister
4. Mr. Paddy Hourigan, MCC	Minister
5. Prof. Shaun R. McCann	Minister
6. Ms Deirdre O'Connell	Minister
7. Prof. Ian Temperley	Minister
8. Ms Anne Small	Minister
9. Mr. Diarmuid Shanley	Minister
10. Mr. Roy Hanan	Minister
11. Dr. Sheelah Ryan	Minister
12. Dr. Rosemary Hone	Minister

Board for the Employment of the Blind

Main Function: Provision of employment for blind persons

Members	Nominating Body
1. Ms Margaret Conway	Minister
2. Mr. Brian Crowley	Minister
3. Mr. Christopher Taylor	Minister
4. Mr. Michael Waugh	Minister
5. Vacancy	Minister
6. Vacancy	Minister
7. Vacancy	Minister
8. Vacancy	Minister
9. Vacancy	Minister
10. Vacancy	Minister
11. Vacancy	Minister
12. Vacancy	Minister

Board of the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin (Incorporating the National Children's Hospital)

Main Function: To operate Tallaght Hospital

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mrs. Rosemary French	Adelaide
(Chairman)
2. Prof. David J. McConnell	Adelaide
3. Archdeacon Gordon Linney	Adelaide
4. Dr. Fergus O'Farrell	Adelaide
5. Mrs. Meg Jackson	Adelaide
6. Prof. Ian Graham	Adelaide
7. Mr. G. Brady, MCC	Meath
8. Dr. John Barragry	Meath
9. Dr. G. Fitzpatrick	Meath
10. Ms Elizabeth O'Dwyer	Meath
11. Mr. T. Keegan, MCC	Meath
12. Mr. K. Ryan, MCC	Meath
13. Mr. W. Salters Sterling	Harcourt St., NCH
14. Mrs. Melissa Webb	Harcourt St., NCH
15. Dr. Eric Colhoun	Harcourt St., NCH
16. Mrs. Jennifer Sowman	Archbishop of Dublin
17. Mrs. Gay R.L. Hogan	Archbishop of Dublin
18. Mr. James V. Ruttle	Archbishop of Dublin
19. Mr. Maurice J. Brooks	Archbishop of Dublin
20. Dr. Kenneth Milne	Archbishop of Dublin
21. Mr. Randall Plunkett	Archbishop of Dublin
22. Prof. David Coakley	Trinity College, Dublin
23. Mr. Charles O'Connor, MCC	EHB

Bord na Radharmaistoiri

Main Function: Registration and regulation of opticians

Members	Nominating Body
1. Dr. Alphonsus Walsh (President)	Minister
2. Mr. Kevin Culliton	Registered Opticians
3. Mr. Errol Little	Registered Opticians
4. Mr. Peter Davison	Registered Opticians
5. Mr. Patrick Brady	Registered Opticians
6. Mr. Alfred Vize	Registered Opticians
7. Ms Helen Carroll	Registered Opticians
8. Dr. Richard Shanahan	Minister
9. Dr. Rosemary Boothman	Minister
10. Dr. Michelle Coffey	Minister
11. Dr. Anthony Smith	Minister

Comhairle na nOspideal

Main Function: To regulate the number and type of consultant (and senior registrar) appointments and to specify qualifications for these levels.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Prof. Brendan Drumm	Minister
2. Dr. Charles Shanahan	Minister
3. Dr. Margo Wrigley	Minister
4. Prof. Anthony Clare	Minister
5. Dr. Fred Jackson	Minister
6. Dr. Laura Viani	Minister
7. Ms Catherine McDaid	Minister
8. Vacancy	Minister
9. Cllr. Sheila O'Sullivan	Minister
10. Dr. John F. Murphy	Minister
11. Dr. Jim Fennelly	Minister
12. Dr. Mary Henry	Minister
13. Ms Christine Carney	Minister
14. Mr. Aidan Hurley	Minister
15. Mr. Maurice Nelligan	Minister
16. Mr. John C. McCarthy	Minister
17. Mr. John Murphy	Minister
18. Dr. Frank Keane	Minister
19. Dr. Fidelma Flynn	Minister
(Vice Chair)
20. Prof. B.G. Loftus	Minister
21. Dr. Deborah Condell	Minister
22. Dr. Mary White	Minister
23. Dr. Fiona Bradley	Minister
24. Mr. Denis Doherty	Minister
25. Dr. Orla O'Reilly	Minister
26. Ms Wendy O'Conghaile	Minister
27. Dr. Tom Pierce	Minister

Comhairle na Nimheanna

Main Function: Advice to the Minister on the control of poisons

Members	Nominating Body
1. Ms Catherine Cleary	Minister
2. Ms Niamh Cosgrave	Minister
3. Dr. John Donohoe	Minister
4. Dr. J.A. Tracey	Minister
5. Dr. Michael O'Dwyer	Minister
6. Mr. Thomas Holly	Minister
7. Mr. Tom McGuinn (Chairman)	Minister
8. Dr. Iona Pratt	Minister
9. Ms C. O'Driscoll	Minister
10. Mr. A.J. Quirke	Minister
11. Dr. Jerome O'Mullane	Minister
12. Dr. Ann Bruzzi	Minister
13. Mr. P.J. O'Connor	Minister for Agriculture
14. Mr. Cyril O'Sullivan	Minister for Agriculture
15. Mr. Patrick Kavanagh	Minister for Agriculture
16. Mr. Tommy Neville	Minister for Agriculture
17. Dr. Mark Lynch	Minister for Agriculture
18. Prof. John Feely	Minister

Dental Council

Main Function: Registration and regulation of dentists

Members	Nominating Body
1. Dr. Jacinta McLoughlin	Minister for Health
2. Dr. Gerry Gavin	Minister for Health
3. Mr. Noel Pocock	Minister for Health
4. Mrs. Maureen Considine	Minister for Health
5. Mr. Tim Holland	UCC
6. Prof. Robert McConnell	UCC
7. Dr. James Carr	Medical Council
8. Mr. William Hederman	Medical Council
9. Dr. Tony Connellan	Registered Dentists
10. Dr. Daniel Keane	Registered Dentists
11. Dr. Martin Holohan	Registered Dentists
12. Dr. Gary Heavey	Registered Dentists
13. Dr. Joseph Le Masney	Registered Dentists
14. Dr. John Walsh	Registered Dentists
15. Dr. David Ryan	Registered Dentists
16. Dr. Kenneth Halpenny	RCSI
17. Ms Anne Doughan	Minister for Education
18. Mr. Brian Murray	University of Dublin
19. Dr. Bernard McCartan	University of Dublin

Drug Treatment Centre Board

Main Function: To run an out-patient treatment centre

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Denis McCarthy	Charitable Infirmary
(Chairman)	Trust
2. Mr. Jimmy Duggan	Minister
3. Dr. John O'Connor	Minister
4. Sr. Raymond Bates	Charitable Infirmary Trust
5. Mr. O.K. Patten	Charitable Infirmary Trust
6. Dr. Fergus O'Kelly	ICGP
7. Fr. Sean Cassin	Statutory Training.
8. Dr. Elizabeth Keane	Health Board (SHB)
9. Dr. Joe Barry	EHB
10. Mr. Victor Keely	Minister

Dublin Dental Hospital Board

Main Function: Operation of Dental Training Hospital

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. D. Shanley (Chairman)	TCD
2. Mr. T. Cooper	TCD
3. Mr. J.D. O'Flynn	RCSI
4. Prof. Davis Coakley	Minister
5. Ms M. Nic Uidir	Minister for Ed./ Minister
6. Mr. P.J. Fitzpatrick	Minister
7. Prof. Noel Claffey	Minister
8. Mr. Gary Heavey	Irish Dental Association
9. Mrs. Mary Raftery	Minister for Ed./ Minister
10. Mrs. Maura Devine	Minister
11. Mr. B. Murphy	Minister
12. Mr. S. O'Hickey	Minister
13. Ms Jacintha McLoughlin	Minister
14. Dr. Mary Toner	TCD

Food Safety Advisory Board

Main Function: To advise on issues relating to food safety, nutrition, food law and other matters related to the processing and sale of food.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Dr. Fergus Hill (Chairman)	Minister
2. Mr. Hugh Boyle	Minister
3. Dr. James Kiely	Minister
4. Mr. Ray Ellard	Minister
5. Prof. John Hannan	Minister
6. Ms Mary McCarthy-Buckley	Minister
7. Dr. James J. Sheridan	Minister
8. Miss Maura Nolan	Minister
9. Mr. Colm Gaynor	Minister
10. Seán O'Donoghue	Minister
11. Ms Ailish Forde	Minister
12. Ms Brid O'Connor	Minister
13. Dr. Cliona Foley-Nolan	Minister
14. Prof. Michael Gibney	Minister
15. Vacancy	Minister
16. Dr. Emer Shelly	Minister

Food Safety Board of Ireland

Main Function: Interim Board

Members	Nominating Body
1. Dr. Fergus Hill	Minister
2. Prof. John Hannan	Minister
3. Dr. Daniel O'Hara (Chairman)	Minister
4. Ms Darina Allen	Minister
5. Prof. Cecily Kelleher	Minister
6. Ms Ann Scanlon	Minister
7. Ms Caroline Gill	Minister
8. Mr. William Fagan	Minister
9. Mr. James Kennedy	Minister

General Medical Services Payments Board

Main Function: To administer payments to doctors and pharmacists under the GMS scheme

Members	Nominating Body
1. Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin	CEO of NEHB
2. Mr. P.J. Fitzpatrick	CEO of EHB
3. Mr. Donal O'Shea (Chairman)	CEO of NWHB
4. Mr. Dennis O'Dwyer (Vice-Chairman)	CEO of MHB
5. Mr. Martin Duffy	CEO of MWHB
6. Mr. Martin Hynes	CEO of SEHB
7. Mr. Pat Madden	CEO of SHB
8. Mr. Séamus Mannion	CEO of WHB
9. Mr. A. Aylward	See Note below
10. Mr. T. McGuinn	See Note below
11. Vacancy	See Note below

Note:

Members at 1-8 above form Group "A". Members at 9-11 form Group "B".

Members of Group "B" are appointed to the Board on the joint nomination of members of Group "A".

Health Research Board

Main Function: Advice to the Minister on health research and related matters.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Damien Maguire	Minister
2. Mr. James O'Brien	Minister
3. Dr. Helen Whelton	Minister
4. Dr. John Devlin	Minister
5. Prof. Thomas O'Dowd	Minister
6. Edward Rowlands	Minister
7. Ms Ann Cleary	Minister
8. Dr. Jeremiah Kelleher	Minister
9. Prof. Michael Muphy	Cojoint Uni. Nomination
10. Prof. Hugh Brady	Cojoint Uni. Nomination
11. Prof. Peter McCarthy	Cojoint Uni. Nomination
12. Prof. Donald Weir	Cojoint Uni. Nomination
13. Prof. John Feely	Cojoint Uni. Nomination
14. Prof. Desmond Fitzgerald	Cojoint Uni. Nomination
15. Prof. Bernadette Herity	Cojoint Uni. Nomination
16. Dr. Micheal Kelleher	Cojoint Uni.
	Nomination

Health Service Employers Agency

Main Functions: To provide services as required by health service in respect of employment issues.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. John Cooney	Minister
2. Mr. P.J. Fitzgerald	Minister
3. Mr. Martin Cowley	Minister
4. Ms Maria Cronin	Minister
5. Mr. Frank Ahern	Minister
6. Mr. Brendan Phelan	Minister
7. Mr. Michael Kelly	Minister

Hospital Bodies Administrative Bureau

Main Function: Provision of administrative services for Comhairle na nOspidéal.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Brendan Phelan	Minister
2. Dr. Fidelma Flynn	Comhairle na nOspidéal
3. Prof. Brendan Drumm	Comhairle na nOspidéal
4. Vacancy	Chairperson of Dublin Regional Hospital Board
5. Vacancy	Chairperson of Cork Regional Hospital Board
6. Vacancy	Chairperson of Galway Regional Hospital Board

Note:

The above three vacancies exist due to the dis-establishment of the agencies involved.

Hospital Trust Board

Main Function: To act as trustees for sweepstake moneys.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Vacancy	Minister
2. Vacancy	Minister
3. Vacancy	Minister
4. Vacancy	Minister
5. Vacancy	Minister

Irish Medicines Board

Function: The authority responsible for the licensing of human and veterinary medicines, and the approval of clinical trials. It also acts as an advisory body to the Minister in relation to safety, control and regulation of medicines generally.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Pat O'Mahony (Chairman)	Minister
2. Rita Clancy	Minister
3. Albert J. Costelloe	Minister
4. Mr. Denis Cronin	Minister
5. Ms Marie Hogan	Minister
6. Ms Anne Nolan	Minister
7. Mr. Martin Higgins	Minister
8. Prof. Kevin O'Malley	Minister
9. Ms Maura Waters	Minister

Leopardstown Park Hospital Board

Main Function: To administer the hospital

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. John McGilligan	Minister
(Chairman)
2. Ms Monica Walsh	Minister
3. Ms Marley Kavanagh	Minister
4. Ms Marie Lewis	Minister
5. Mr. Eddie Matthews	Minister
6. Dr. Tim O'Dwyer	Minister
7. Mr. Alan Burnham	Secretary of State for Social Services (UK)
8. Major M. O'Connell	Secretary of State for Social Services (UK)
9. Mr. N. Jermyn	Minister

Medical Council

Main Function: Registration and regulation of doctors

Members	Nominating Body
1. Dr. Mary Condren	Minister
2. Dr. Michael Mulcahy	Minister
3. Ms Margaret Nolan	Minister
4. Dr. Abdul Bulbulia	Minister
5. Mrs. Anne Kelly	Minister
6. Ms Siobhan Whitehead	Minister
7. Dr. Jim Clinch	Reg. Med. Practitioners
8. Dr. William H. Beesley	Reg. Med. Practitioners
9. Prof. Patricia Casey	Reg. Med. Practitioners
10. Dr. Conal Daly	Reg. Med. Practitioners
11. Dr. A.R. O'Connor	Reg. Med. Practitioners
12. Prof. Gerard Bury (President)	Reg. Med. Practitioners
13. Dr. Larry M. Fullam	Reg. Med. Practitioners
14. Dr. Peter Keogh	Reg. Med. Practitioners
15. Prof. Tim M. O'Brien	Reg. Med. Practitioners
16. Dr. Dara Scally	Reg. Med. Practitioners
17. Prof. W.J. Hall	UCC
18. Prof. Ronan O'Regan	UCD
19. Dr. Patrick Finnegan	UCG
20. Prof. Davis Coakley	Trinity
21. Prof. Kevin O'Malley	RCSI
22. Mr. W.P. Hederman	RCSI
23. Dr. Jim Carr	RCSI
24. Prof. J. Stephen Doyle	RCSI
25. Dr. Rosemary Hone	RCSI

National Cancer Registry Board

Main Function: To collect and record information in relation to the incidence of cancer and the number of cancer patients.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Prof. Bernadette Herity	Irish Cancer Society
2. Prof. Aine Hyland	President, UCC
3. Prof. Niall O'Higgins	RCSI
4. Dr. James J. Fennelly	RCPI
5. Dr. Kieran Sheahan	Faculty of Pathology, RCPI
6. Dr. Martin Rouse	ICGP
7. Prof. Alun Evans	Faculty of Public Health Med., RCPI
8. Dr. Elizabeth Keane (Chair)	Minister
9. Dr. Niall Tierney	Minister
10. Mr. Fergal Lynch	Minister

National Council of Ageing and Older People

Main Function: Advice to the Minister on all aspects of the welfare of the elderly.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Michael White	Minister
(Chairperson)
2. Ms Betty Cullen	Minister
3. Dr. John Murphy	Minister
4. Ms Janet Convery	Minister
5. Dr. Margo Wrigley	Minister
6. Ms Una Doherty	Minister
7. Dr. Sheila Prosser	Minister
8. Mr. Peter Sands	Minister
9. Mr. Eamonn Hannan	Minister
10. Mr. Eamon Kane	Minister
11. Ms Mamo McDonald	Minister
12. Ms Leonie Lunny	Minister
13. Mr. Emmanuel Altman	Minister
14. Ms Faith Gibson	Minister
15. Ms Breda Dunlea	Minister
16. Mr. Christopher Domegan	Minister
17. Mr. Jack Killane	Minister
18. Mr. Bernard Thompson	Minister
19. Mr. Brendan O'Leary	Minister
20. Dr. Mary Hynes	Minister
21. Mr. Frank Goodwin	Minister
22. Ms Margaret Geary	Minister
23. Ms Mary O'Sullivan	Minister
24. Mr. Tim Leddin	Minister
25. Ms Marie Mates	Minister
26. Mr. John Brady	Minister
27. Mr. Michael Finnerty	Minister
28. Ms Sheila Kennedy	Minister
29. Ms Betty Keith	Minister

National Rehabilitation Board

Main Function: Co-ordination and development of rehabilitation service.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Ms Mairin Daly	Minister
2. Mr. Joe Cody	Minister
3. Ms Noreen Mullane	Minister
4. Mr. John Flannery, MCC	Minister
5. Ms Carmel Caden	Minister
6. Mr. Laurence Kavanagh	Minister
7. Ms Jacqui Browne	Minister
8. Vacancy
9. Mr. Patrick Halley	Worker Representative
10. Mr. Colm O'Doherty (Chairman)	Minister
11. Ms Noreen Gildea	Minister
12. Ms Mary Boyd	Minister
13. Dr. Angela Mohan	Minister
14. Vacancy
15. Mr. John Collins	Minister
16. Mr. Joe Fallon	Minister
17. Mr. Frank Flannery	Minister
18. Mr. Ian Coulter	Worker Representative
19. Ms Marie Dempsey	Worker Representative
20. Mr. Arthur O'Daly	Worker Representative

National Social Work Qualifications Board

Main Function: To advise the Minister on the recognition of Irish qualifications and the equivalence of qualifications

Members	Nominating Body
1. Ms Meliosa Dooge	Minister
(Chairperson)
2. Ms Brid Clarke	Representative of health board chief executive officers
3. Ms Mary Crowe	IBEC
4. Mr. Kevin Esmonde	IMPACT
5. Mr. Sean Lowry	Department of Justice
6. Ms Augusta McCabe	Minister
7. Ms Anne Meehan	Irish Association of Social Workers
8. Mr. Tommy Morris	Minister
9. Prof. Fred Powell	University College Cork
10. Dr. Suzanne Quin	University College Dublin
11. Ms Ruth Torode	University of Dublin, Trinity College
12. Mr. Martin Walshe	Minister
13. Mr. Pat Richardson	IMPACT
14. Mr. Jim Sheehan	National Association of Practice Teachers
15. Ms Siobháin O'Driscoll	Irish Association of Social Workers
16. Ms Nóirin Hayes	Children's Rights Alliance
17. Mr. Frank Fallon	Department of the
	Environment

Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board

Main Function: Advice to the Minister on the co-ordination of postgraduate medical and dental education.

Members	Nominating Body
1. Prof. Muiris X. FitzGerald	UCD
2. Prof. Diarmuid Shanley	TCD
3. Ms Eilish McGovern	RCSI
4. Dr. Michael Darling	Institute of Obstetricians/ Gynaecologists
5. Prof. B.G. Loftus	RCPI
6. Dr. Neil Brennan	IMO
7. Dr. Dela Osthoff	IMO (N.HDs)
8. Dr. Cormac McNamara	IMO (GPs)
9. Dr. Gerard Burke	Irish Hospital Consultants Association
10. Prof. Fergus Shanahan	Irish Committee on Higher Medical Training
11. Dr. Rosemary Hone	Medical Council
12. Mr. Gordon Watson	RCSI
13. Mr. Tim Holland	Irish Committee on Higher Training in Dentistry
14. Dr. Patrick Connellan	Dental Council
15. Dr. Rita Doyle	ICGP
16. Dr. Joseph Barry	RCPI
17. Dr. Dara O'Halpin	RCSI
18. Dr. Margo Wrigley	IPTC
19. Dr. Joan Daly	Irish Hospital
	Consultants
	Association
20. Dr. John Feely	RCPI
21. Mary Flynn	Minister
22. Mr. Donal O'Shea	Minister
23. Ms Jane Doran	Minister
24. Vacancy
25. Vacancy

St. James's Hospital Board

Main Function: To administer the hospital

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Vincent Barton	Minister
2. Prof. D.I.D. Howie (Chairman)	Minister
3. Mr. Séamus O'Brien	CEO, EHB
4. Dr. P.W.N. Keeling	TCD
5. Dr. P. Freyne	Medical Advisory Committee
6. Mr. J. Kelly	Trade Unions
7. Dr. Fiona Mulcahy	Medical Advisory Committee
8. Mr. Christopher Nolan	Minister
9. Prof. John M. Scott	TCD
10. Ms Peta Taaffe	Nursing Advisory Committee
11. Mr. W.D. Frazer	FDVH
12. Mr. Michael Gannon	FDVH
13. Prof. D. Weir	FDVH
14. Prof. Ian Temperley	FDVH
15. Mr. Joe Connolly	EHB
16. Dr. D.I. Keane	EHB
17. Mr. Eric Byrne	EHB
18. Mrs. Dympna Clune	EHB

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

Main Function: To administer the hospital

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Brian Slowey (Chairman)	Minister
2. Mr. Frank Flannery	Minister
3. Mr. Donal O'Mahony	Minister
4. Mr. Paddy Shanley	Minister
5. Ms Kay Conroy	Minister
6. Mr. Kevin O'Donnell	Daughters of Charity
7. Sr. Catherine Mulligan	Daughters of Charity
8. Dr. John G. Cooney	Daughters of Charity
9. Sr. Bernadette McMahon	Daughters of Charity
10. Sr. Antoinette Kelleher	Daughters of Charity

Tallaght Hospital Board

Main Function: To plan and equip Tallaght Hospital

Members	Nominating Body
1. Prof. Richard Conroy	Minister
(Chairman)
2. Dr. William Kavanagh	Minister
3. Dr. Aiden McNamara	Minister
4. Mr. B. Briscoe TD	EHB
5. Cllr. Thomas Cullen	EHB
6. Mr. W.S. Sterling	TCD
7. Mr. Séamus O'Brien	EHB
8. Prof. D.J. McConnell	Adelaide Hospital
9. Ms Mary McCarthy	Meath Hospital
10. Prof. Hilary Hoey	National Children's Hospital
11. Ms Catherine McDaid	National Children's Hospital
12. Mr. Eamon Walsh TD	Minister
13. Mr. Vincent Barton	Minister
14. Ms Anne Farrell	Minister
15. Mr. Chris Flood TD	Minister
16. Mr. Tony Jordan	Minister for Finance
17. Dr. David McInerney	Adelaide Hospital
18. Ms Y.P. Seville	Adelaide Hospital
19. Mrs. Rosemary French	Adelaide Hospital
20. Dr. Gerry D. Hurley	Meath Hospital Board
21. Mr. Michael Gannon	Meath Hospital Board
22. Cllr. Gerry Brady	Meath Hospital Board
23. Mr. Charles O'Connor	Minister
24. Vacancy

Voluntary Health Insurance Board

Main Function: Provision of voluntary health insurance

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. D.R. Hussey (Chairman)	Minister
2. Ms Clare O'Connor	Minister
3. Mr. Michael O'Keeffe	Minister
4. Dr. John Keane	Minister
5. Ms Suzanne Kelly	Minister
6. Ms Sheila Brazil	Minister
7. Mr. Paul Coulson	Minister
8. Ms Ann Fitzgerald	Minister
9. Mr. Phil Flynn	Minister
10. Mr. John McMenamin	Minister
11. Mr. John O'Connor	Minister
12. Ms Lucy Pugh	Minister

Eastern Health Board

Main Function: Nominating Body

Members	Nominating Body
1. Senator Dick Roche	Minister
2. Mr. Liam Craven, MCC	Minister
3. Dr. Bill O'Connell	Minister
4. Mr. Michael Barrett, MCC	Dublin Corporation
5. Mr. Eric Byrne TD, MCC	Dublin Corporation
6. Mr. Ben Briscoe TD, MCC	Dublin Corporation
7. Mr. Ivor Callely TD, MCC	Dublin Corporation
8. Mr. Joe Connolly, MCC	Dublin Corporation
9. Sen. Joe Doyle, MCC	Dublin Corporation
10. Ms Roisin Shortall, MCC (Chairman)	Dublin Corporation
11. Mr. Ken Farrell, MCC	Fingal County Council
12. Mr. Cyril Gallagher, MCC (Vice Chairman)	Fingal County Council
13. Ms Anne Devitt, MCC	Fingal County Council
14. Ms Olivia Mitchell, MCC	Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown
15. Ms Betty Coffey, MCC	Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown
16. Ms Jane Dillon-Byrne, MCC	Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown
17. Mr. Gerry Brady, MCC	Kildare County Council
18. Mr. Michael McWey, MCC	Kildare County Council
19. Mr. Jim Reilly, MCC	Kildare County Council
20. Mr. Kevin Ryan, MCC	Wicklow County Council
21. Mr. Tom Keenan, MCC	Wicklow County Council
22. Mr. Thomas Cullen, MCC	Wicklow County Council
23. Dr. Ray Hawkins	Reg. Med. Practitioners
24. Dr. John Meehan	Minister (casual vacancy)
25. Dr. James Reilly	Reg. Med. Practitioners
26. Mr. Regie Lalor, MCC	Minister (casual vacancy)
27. Dr. John Fennell	Reg. Med. Practitioners
28. Dr. Charles Smith	Reg. Med. Practitioners
29. Dr. Margo Wrigley	Reg. Med. Practitioners
30. Ms Bernadette Bonar	Registered Pharmacists
31. Mr. Daniel I. Keaner	Registered Dentists
32. Ms Margaret Nealon	Registered Nurses
33. Mr. Gerry McGuire	Reg. Psychiatric Nurses
34. Mr. Patrick Aspell	Minister (casual vacancy)
35. Ms Mary Whitty, MCC	Minister (casual vacancy)
36. Mr. Charles O'Connor, MCC	Dublin South C.C.
37. Mr. Stanley Laing, MCC	Dublin South C.C.
38. Mr. Pat Upton, MCC	Dublin South C.C.

Chair and Vice Chair elected at July meeting.

Midland Health Board

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Martin Rohan	Minister
(Chairman)
2. Mr. James Coyle, MCC (Vice Chairman)	Minister
3. Dr. Katherine Brown	Minister (casual vacancy Reg. Med. Pract.)
4. Mr. Patrick Weir	Registered Pharmacists
5. Mr. William Aird	(casual vacancy, Reg. Dent.)
6. Dr. Michael Smith	Reg. Med. Practitioners
7. Mr. Sean Keegan	Minister
8. Dr. John Keane	Reg. Med. Practitioners
9. Ms Katherine Samuels	Registered Nurses
10. Dr. Larrie Fullam	Reg. Med. Practitioners
11. Mr. Paddy Hughes	Reg. Psychiatric Nurses
12. Dr. John Taaffe	Reg. Med. Practitioners
13. Dr. Diana Kiely	Minister
14. Dr. Patrick Cullen	Reg. Med. Practitioners
15. Mr. Charles Flanagan TD, MCC	Laois County Council
16. Mr. Adrian Farrell, MCC	Longford Comm. Council
17. Ms Teresa Mulhare, MCC	Laois County Council
18. Mr. Michael Nevin, MCC	Longford Comm. Council
19. Mr. John H. Keegan, MCC	Westmeath County Council
20. Mr. Michael Fox, MCC	Offaly County Council
21. Mr. John Moloney, MCC	Laois County Council
22. Senator Donie Cassidy, MCC	Westmeath County Council
23. Mr. Camillus Glynn, MCC	Westmeath County Council
24. Mr. Eamon Rafter, MCC	Laois County Council
25. Mr. Kieran Molloy, MCC	Westmeath County Council
26. Mr. Patrick Moylan, MCC	Offaly County Council
27. Mr. Séamus Finnan, MCC	Longford County Council
28. Mr. Thomas Feighery, MCC	Offaly County Council
29. Mr. John Flanagan, MCC	Offaly County Council
30. Mr. Michael Doherty, MCC	Longford County
	Council

Chair and Vice Chair elected at July meeting.

Mid-Western Health Board

Members	Nominating Body
1. Dr. Patrick O'Beirne	Reg. Med. Practitioners
2. Dr. Kieran Hughes	Reg. Med. Practitioners
3. Mr. Joe Arkins	Reg. Psychiatric Nurses
4. Mr. Raphael Keane	Reg. Med. Practitioners
5. Ms Joan Dempsey	Registered Nurses
6. Dr. David Clinch	Reg. Med. Practitioners
7. Mr. David McAvinchey	Minister
8. Mr. John Ryan, TD, MCC	Minister (casual vacancy)
9. Mr. John Clifford, MCC	Minister
10. Mr. Thomas Ahern	Minister
11. Mr. Tim O'Malley	Reg. Pharmacists
12. Ms. Mary Jackman, MCC	Minister (casual vacancy)
13. Mr. Raymond Greene, MCC	Clare Co. Council
14. Sen. Jan O'Sullivan, MCC	Limerick Corporation
15. Mr. John Quinn, MCC	Limerick Corporation
16. Mr. John Cregan, MCC	Limerick Co. Council
17. Mr. Michael Finucane, TD, MCC	Limerick Co. Council
18. Sen. Dan Neville, MCC	Limerick Co. Council
19. Mr. David Naughton, MCC	Limerick Co. Council
20. Mr. Sean Hillery, MCC (Vice-Chairman)	Clare Co. Council
21. Mr. Bill Chambers, MCC	Clare Co. Council
22. Mr. Paddy Bugler, MCC	Clare Co. Council
23. Mr. Michael Hough, MCC	Tipp. North Co. Council
24. Mr. James Casey, MCC	Tipp. North Co. Council
25. Mr. Dan Smith, MCC	Tipp. North Co. Council
26. Ms. Jane Hanafin, MCC	Tipp. North Co. Council
27. Mr. Jack Bourke, MCC (Chairman)	Limerick Corporation
28. Ms. Clair Healy	Minister (casual vacancy)

Chair and Vice Chair elected at July meeting.

North Eastern Health Board

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. T. Scannell	Reg. Med. Practitioners
2. Dr. Hugh Dolan (Chairman)	Reg. Med. Practitioners
3. Vacancy
4. Dr. Paul McCarthy	Reg. Med. Practitioners
5. Dr. Peter Wahlrab	Reg. Med. Practitioners
6. Dr. E. Hartman	Reg. Med. Practitioners
7. Dr. F. Bereen	Reg. Med. Practitioners
8. Mr. Tom Kelly, MCC	Minister
9. Ms. M. Martin	Reg. Psychiatric Nurses
10. Dr. G. Hyland	Registered Dentists
11. Ms. S. Faulkner	Registered Nurses
12. Mr. J. Mangan	Minister
13. Mr. Danny Brady	Minister
14. Mr. N. McCabe	Minister
15. Mr. Edward Feely, MCC	Cavan Co. Council
16. Mr. A. O'Brien, MCC	Cavan Co. Council
17. Mr. Patrick O'Reilly, MCC	Cavan Co. Council
18. Mr. Patrick J. Conaty, MCC	Cavan Co. Council
19. Mr. John Conlon, MCC	Monaghan Co. Council
20. Mr. Hugh McElvaney, MCC	Monaghan Co. Council
21. Mr. Jimmy Leonard, MCC
(Vice-Chairperson)	Monaghan Co. Council
22. Mr. Brendan Hughes, MCC	Monaghan Co. Council
23. Mr. Brian Fitzgerald, MCC	Meath Co. Council
24. Mr. Gerry Marry, MCC	Meath Co. Council
25. Mr. John Farrelly, MCC	Meath Co. Council
26. Mr. Michael Lynch, MCC	Meath Co. Council
27. Mr. Fergus O'Dowd, MCC	Louth Co. Council
28. Mr. Tommy Murphy, MCC	Louth Co. Council
29. Mr. Declan Breathnach, MCC	Louth Co. Council
30. Mr. Peter Savage, MCC	Louth Co. Council

Chair and Vice Chair re-elected at January (1997) meeting

North-Western Health Board

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Tom Deignan	Minister
2. Rev. John Young	Minister
3. Mr. Paddy McGowan	Minister
4. Mr. Edward Coogan	Reg. Psychiatric Nurses
5. Dr. John Madden	Reg. Med. Practitioners
6. Dr. Seamus McGuire	Reg. Med. Practitioners
7. Dr. Fidelma Flynn	Reg. Med. Practitioners
8. Mr. Brendan Healy	Reg. Med. Practitioners
9. Dr. Declan Bonar	Reg. Med. Practitioners
10. Dr. Ann Shannon	Reg. Med. Practitioners
11. Dr. John Murray	Registered Dentists
12. Mr. Brendan Kieran	Registered Pharmacists
13. Ms. Maresa Gilligan	Registered Nurses
14. Mr. Bernard McGuinness, MCC	Donegal Co. Council
15. Mr. J.J. Reid, MCC	Donegal Co. Council
16. Mr. Harry Blaney, MCC (Chairman)	Donegal Co. Council
17. Mr. Hugh Conaghan, MCC	Donegal Co. Council
18. Mr. Noel McGinley, MCC	Donegal Co. Council
19. Mr. Bernard McGlinchey, MCC	Donegal Co. Council
20. Mr. Gerry Murray, MCC	Sligo Co. Council
21. Mr. Syl. Mulligan, MCC	Sligo Co. Council
22. Mr. Paul Conmy, MCC	Sligo Co. Council
23. Mr. Willie Farrell, MCC	Sligo Co. Council
24. Mr. Thomas Mulligan, MCC	Leitrim Co. Council
25. Mr. Larry McGowan, MCC	Leitrim Co. Council
26. Ms Pauline McKeon, MCC	Leitrim Co. Council
27. Mr. Michael Guckian, MCC
(Vice-Chairman)	Leitrim Co. Council

Chair and Vice Chair elected at July meeting

South-Eastern Health Board

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. Jackie Fahy	Minister
2. Dr. James Stacey	Reg. Med. Practitioners
3. Mr. John Coonan	Reg. Psychiatric Nurses
4. Dr. Michael Kelleher	Reg. Med. Practitioners
5. Dr. Aiden Kehoe	Reg. Med. Practitioners
6. Mrs. R. Kennedy	Registered Nurses
7. Vacancy	Reg. Med. Practitioners
8. Dr. John Carey	Reg. Med. Practitioners
9. Dr. Finnian Gallagher	Reg. Med. Practitioners
10. Mr. Pierce Delaney	Registered Pharmacists
11. Dr. Anthony N. DeSouza	Reg. Med. Practitioners
12. Mr. John A. Murphy	Minister
13. Mr. Martin Fitzpatrick	Minister
14. Dr. Bernard Hynes (Vice-
Chairman)	Minister
15. Dr. Jack Gallagher	Reg. Med. Practitioners
16. Mr. James Murnane, MCC	Carlow Co. Council
17. Mr. Dick Brennan, MCC	Kilkenny Co. Council
18. Mr. Con Donovan, MCC	Tipp. South Co. Council
19. Mr. Jack Crowe, MCC	Tipp. South Co. Council
20. Mr. Tom Ambrose, MCC	Tipp. South Co. Council
21. Mr. Pat Power, MCC	Waterford Corporation
22. Mr. Garrett O'Halloran, MCC	Waterford Co. Council
23. Mr. G. Byrne, MCC	Wexford Co. Council
24. Ms. Deirdre Bolger, MCC	Wexford Co. Council
25. Mr. Bill Kyne, MCC	Waterford Co. Council
26. Mr. Michael Deering, MCC (Chairman)	Carlow Co. Council
27. Mr. Leo McCarthy, MCC	Wexford Co. Council
28. Mr. Michael Meaney, MCC	Carlow Co. Council
29. Mr. Philip Hogan, MCC	Kilkenny Co. Council
30. Mr. Hilary Quinlan, MCC	Waterford Corporation
31. Mr. Michael McGuinness, MCC	Kilkenny Co. Council

Chair and Vice Chair elected at December meeting

Southern Health Board

Members	Nominating Body
1. Mr. John O'Donoghue	Minister
2. Mr. Donal Moynihan	Minister
3. Mr. Denis Lyons	Minister
4. Dr. Tim O'Connor	Reg. Med. Practitioners
5. Dr. Catherine M. Molloy	Minister (casual vacancy)
6. Dr. Cahil Bredin	Reg. Med. Practitioners
7. Dr. Anthony Stynes (Vice-(Chairman)	Reg. Med. Practitioners
8. Dr. Patrick A. Murrey	Reg. Med. Practitioners
9. Mr. Sean Baker	Reg. Med. Practitioners
10. Mr. Tom Buckley	Reg. Med. Practitioners
11. Dr. J.G. Corr	Reg. Med. Practitioners
12. Ms. Mona Clancy	Registered Nurses
13. Mr. Eoin O'Flynn	Registered Dentists
14. Mr. Patrick Duffy	Registered Pharmacists
15. Ms. Hanora M. Henry	Reg. Psychiatric Nurses
16. Mr. John Dennehy, MCC (Chairman)	Cork Corporation
17. Mr. Dan Wallace, MCC	Cork Corporation
18. Mr. Frank Nash, MCC	Cork Corporation
19. Mr. Liam Burke, TD, MCC	Cork Corporation
20. Mr. Con O'Leary, MCC	Cork Corporation
21. Mr. Vivian O'Callaghan, MCC	Cork Co. Council
22. Mr. Michael Creed, MCC	Cork Co. Council
23. Mr. Frank Crowley, MCC	Cork Co. Council
24. Mr. Batt. O'Keeffe, TD, MCC	Cork Co. Council
25. Ms. Sheila O'Sullivan, MCC	Cork Co. Council
26. Mr. Jack Roche, MCC	Cork Co. Council
27. Mr. Tom Ryan, MCC	Cork Co. Council
28. Mr. Jackie Healy-Rea, MCC	Kerry Co. Council
29. Ms. Maeve Spring, MCC	Kerry Co. Council
30. Mr. Michael Cahill, MCC	Kerry Co. Council
31. Mr. Brian O'Connell, MCC	Kerry Co. Council
32. Mr. Tim Foley, MCC	Kerry Co. Council
33. Mr. Tom Flemming, MCC	Kerry Co. Council

Chair and Vice Chair elected at July meeting

Western Health Board

Members	Nominating Body
1. Dr. John Connolly	Reg. Med Practitioners
2. Dr. Diarmiud McLoughlin	Reg. Med Practitioners
3. Mr. William O'Brien	Reg. Psychiatric Nurses
4. Dr. Noel Rice	Reg. Med Practitioners
5. Ms. Pamela Davis	Registered Nurses
6. Dr. J.J. Gilmartin	Reg. Med Practitioners
7. Mr. Sean Bourke	Minister
8. Mr. Terry Leyden	Minister
9. Dr. Marita Glacken	Reg. Med Practitioners
10. Mr. Michael Kitt, TD, MCC	Minister
11. Dr. Gregory Kelly	Reg. Med Practitioners
12. Mr. Jack O'Donnell	Registered Pharmacists
13. Prof. John Flynn	Reg. Med Practitioners
14. Dr. T.C. Hunter	Reg. Dentists
15. Mr. Joseph Callanan, MCC	Galway Co. Council
16. Mr. John Mannion, MCC	Galway Co. Council
17. Mr. Patrick Kilbane, MCC	Mayo Co. Council
18. Mr. P.J. Morley, TD, MCC (Vice-Chairman)	Mayo Co. Council
19. Mr. Desmond Bruen, MCC	Roscommon Co. Council
20. Sen. Denis Naughten, MCC	Roscommon Co. Council
21. Mr. Joseph Burke, MCC	Galway Co. Council
22. Mr. Thomas Hussey, MCC	Galway Co. Council
23. Mr. Paraic O'Tuathail, MCC	Galway Co. Council
24. Mr. Michael Ryan, MCC (Chairman)	Galway Co. Council
25. Mr. Padraic McCormack, TD, MCC	Galway Corporation
26. Ms. Margaret Cox, MCC	Galway Corporation
27. Mr. Padraic Cosgrove, MCC	Mayo Co. Council
28. Mr. John Flannery, MCC	Mayo Co. Council
29. Mr. Al McDonnell	Mayo Co. Council
30. Mr. Michael McGreal, MCC*	Roscommon Co. Council
31. Ms Eithne Quinn, MCC	Roscommon Co. Council

Chair and Vice Chair elected at July meeting.

* Roscommon Co. Council has an arrangement whereby Mr. Paul Beirne and Mr. Michael McGreal rotate their memberships. Mr. Beirne has `resigned' his position, and is due to be replaced with Mr. McGreal at the Sept. 97 meeting.

Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 1 May 1997

Written Answers. - Semi-State Bodies.

Pat the Cope Gallagher

Pat the Cope Gallagher

Minister for Health (Mr. Noonan,

Pat the Cope Gallagher

Pat the Cope Gallagher

Minister for Equality and Law Reform (Mr. Taylor)

Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, 1 May 1997

Written Answers. - Semi-State Bodies.

Pat the Cope Gallagher

Pat the Cope Gallagher

Minister for Health (Mr. Noonan,

Pat the Cope Gallagher

Pat the Cope Gallagher

Minister for Equality and Law Reform (Mr. Taylor)

Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 1 May 1997