Appointments to State Boards

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Questions (176)

Shane Ross

Question:

177 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointees appointed applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning. [13312/12]

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Minister for Health (Deputy James Reilly)

While my Department has recently advertised for expressions of interest for vacancies on the Boards of the VHI, Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland through the Department's website, none of these vacancies has been filled to date. Since my appointment on 9 March 2011, the board appointments I have made are outlined in the following tables:

Board	Member	Position	Appointed
National Haemophilia Council	Barry Harrington	Chairperson	19/07/2011
National Cancer Registry Board	Tony O’Brien	Chairperson	06/08/2011
Tallaght Hospital Board	Keith Pearson	Chairperson	14/12/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Michael Scanlan	Chairperson	01/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Jason Last	Chairperson	24/01/2012
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council	Maureen Cronin	Ordinary Member	20/04/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Brian Gilroy	Ordinary Member	20/05/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Laverne McGuinness	Ordinary Member	20/05/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Philip Crowley	Ordinary Member	20/05/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Barry White	Ordinary Member	20/05/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Bairbre Nic Aongusa	Ordinary Member	20/05/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Paul Barron	Ordinary Member	20/05/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Tony Holohan	Ordinary Member	20/05/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Michael Scanlan	Ordinary Member	20/05/2011
National Haemophilia Council	Ann Grogan	Ordinary Member	23/05/2011
National Haemophilia Council	Deborah Greene	Ordinary Member	23/05/2011
Interim Health Service Executive Board	Martin Connor	Ordinary Member	06/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Catriona O’Driscoll	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Michael Barry	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Leonie Clarke	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Jean Holohan	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Ciaran O’Boyle	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Fionan O’Cuinneagain	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Kenneth McDonald	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Keith O’Hourihane	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	John David Corr	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Ignatius Noel Stenson	Ordinary Member	15/06/2011
National Haemophilia Council	Mary Jackson	Ordinary Member	22/07/2011
Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal	Kathryn Hutton	Ordinary Member	01/08/2011
National Cancer Registry Board	Anna Gavin	Ordinary Member	06/08/2011
National Cancer Registry Board	Donal Hollywood	Ordinary Member	06/08/2011
National Cancer Registry Board	Deirdre Murray	Ordinary Member	06/08/2011
National Cancer Registry Board	Mary Jackson	Ordinary Member	06/08/2011
National Cancer Registry Board	John McCormack	Ordinary Member	06/08/2011
National Cancer Registry Board	Paul Redmond	Ordinary Member	06/08/2011
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council	Fachtna Murphy	Ordinary Member	26/09/2011
Medical Council	Michael Ryan	Ordinary Member	04/10/2011
Medical Council	Marie Kehoe	Ordinary Member	04/10/2011
Irish Blood Transfusion Service	Lelia Thornton	Ordinary Member	18/10/2011
Irish Medicines Board	Mary Horgan	Ordinary Member	19/10/2011
Health and Social Care Professionals Council	Jenny Bulbulia	Ordinary Member	24/11/2011
Health and Social Care Professionals Council	Muiris Fitzgerald	Ordinary Member	24/11/2011
Health and Social Care Professionals Council	Martin Higgins	Ordinary Member	24/11/2011
Health and Social Care Professionals Council	Pat Quinlan	Ordinary Member	24/11/2011
Health and Social Care Professionals Council	Kristin Quinn	Ordinary Member	24/11/2011
Tallaght Hospital Board	Peter Byrne	Ordinary Member	21/12/2011
Tallaght Hospital Board	Tom O’Higgins	Ordinary Member	21/12/2011
Tallaght Hospital Board	David Pierpoint	Ordinary Member	21/12/2011
Tallaght Hospital Board	Peter Prendergast	Ordinary Member	21/12/2011
Tallaght Hospital Board	Richard Reilly	Ordinary Member	18/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Michele Monahan	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Caitriona McGrath	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Mary P Corridan	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Suzanne Dennan	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Catherine McKenna	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Louise Rainford	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Bill Maher	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Olwyn Ryan	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Tom Ryan	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Dympna Watson	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Radiographers Registration Board	Mary O’Connor	Ordinary Member	24/01/2012
Dublin Dental Hospital Board	Pat O’Boyle	Ordinary Member	02/02/2012
St. James’s Hospital Board	Colm Bergin	Ordinary Member	07/02/2012
St. James’s Hospital Board	Sean Farrell	Ordinary Member	07/02/2012
Dental Council	Marie Henson	Ordinary Member	15/02/2012
National Haemophilia Council	Beatrice Nolan	Ordinary Member	24/02/2102