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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 29 Mar 2001

Vol. 533 No. 5

Written Answers. - Departmental Appointments.

Frances Fitzgerald

Question:

101 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of appointments made to boards, both semi-State and private, under the aegis of his Department in each of the past years 1997-2001; if he will give, in regard to each year and each board to which appointments were made, the number and percentage of males and females appointed to each board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9328/01]

The following is the list of appointments made to boards under the aegis of the Department of Health and Children in the years 1997 to 2000, showing the number and percentage of women appointed to each board.

Board

No. ofAppts1997

No. ofWomen1997

% ofTotal1997

No. ofAppts1998

No. ofWomen1998

% ofTotal1998

No ofAppts1999

No. ofWomen1999

% ofTotal1999

No ofAppts2000

No. ofWomen2000

% ofTotal2000

No. ofAppts2001

No. ofWomen2001

% ofTotal2001

An Bord Altranais

29

20

69%

1

1

100%

An Bord Uchtala

9

7

78%

2

0

0%

Beaumont Hospital Board

1

0

0%

8

2

25%

17

5

29%

5

3

80%

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

7

3

43%

5

3

60%

7

4

57%

Board for the Employment of the Blind

8

3

38%

1

0

0%

7

3

43%

Board of the Adelaide & Meath Hospital

1

0

0%

23

8

26%

Bord na Radharcmhalstoir

5

2

40%

Comhairle na hOspidéal

1

0

0%

1

0

0%

2

0

0%

27

13

48%

Comhairle na Nimheanna

13

6

46%

Dental Council

4

2

50%

Drug Treatment Centre Board

10

3

30%

Dublin Dental Hospital Board

13

5

38%

14

8

43%

1

0

0%

Eastern Regional HealthAuthority

15

5

33%

22

5

23%

12

3

25%

Food Safety Authority of Ireland

1

0

0%

8

2

25%

1

0

0%

General Medical Services Board

Health Research Board

18

3

17%

1

0

0%

2

1

50%

Health Service Employers Agency

10

1

10%

8

1

13%

3

3

100%

Hospitals Trust Board

5

1

20%

Irish Medicines Board

1

1

100%

6

3

50%

Leopardstown Park Hospital

5

2

40%

Medical Council

26

8

31%

1

1

100%

Midland Health Board

14

3

21%

1

0

0%

16

2

13%

Mid-Western Health Board

13

4

31%

15

2

13%

National Cancer Registry Board

1

1

100%

National Council for Ageing &Older People

30

16

53%

17

6

35%

National Rehabiliation Board

5

2

40%

1

0

0%

5

2

40%

National Social WorkQualifications Board

17

9

53%

1

1

100%

16

11

89%

1

1

100%

North Eastern Health Board

14

4

29%

17

0

0%

North Western Health Board

12

2

17%

14

1

7%

1

1

100%

Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board

25

10

40%

1

0

0%

South Eastern Health Board

15

3

20%

16

3

19%

Southern Health Board

14

5

36%

19

1

5%

St. James's Hospital Board

18

3

17%

1

1

100%

13

2

15%

1

1

100%

St. Lukes Hospital Board

10

4

40%

4

2

50%

6

3

50%

Tallaght Hospital Board

8

2

25%

8

2

25%

6

1

17%

Voluntary Health InsuranceBoard

3

0

0%

2

1

50%

Western Helath Board

14

4

29%

2

1

50%

17

4

24%

Women's Health Council

23

16

70%

15

11

73%

10

8

80%

Totals

330

123

37%

76

29

36%

339

97

29%

67

33

49%

52

25

48%

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