Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 November 2010
41 Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has made its nomination to the board of Tallaght hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41936/10]
View answerThe Charter for the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, incorporating the National Children's Hospital provides for a Board with 23 members. Six members may be nominated by the Adelaide Hospital Society, six may be nominated by the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, six members may be nominated by the Meath Foundation, three members may be nominated by the National Children's Hospital, one member may be nominated by Trinity College and one member may be nominated by the HSE. The Minister does not nominate persons to the Board, however eight of the nominees are appointed by the Minister.
In 2009, in order to avoid possible conflicts of interest, the HSE took a decision not to nominate its staff to membership of hospital boards. Therefore the HSE will not be nominating a member to the Board of the hospital.
