Board members are not employees of the Department of Health or its aegis bodies therefore the information requested by the Deputy is not collected.
In line with the Code of Practice for Governance of State Bodies annex on Gender Balance, Diversity and Inclusion the board is required to carry out a self-assessment evaluation questionnaire. Included in the self-assessment the board must be satisfied that it adequately recognises the value of differences in its members and group social differences (including disability) to improve the quality of work and decision making on the board.
The following table sets out the number of state boards under the remit of my Department and the maximum number of members on each board. The names of the members are available on www.stateboards.ie.
Name Of Board
|
Maximum number of Members
|
Beaumont Hospital Board
|
11
|
Children's Health Ireland
|
12
|
Consultative Council on Hepatitis C
|
8
|
Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board
|
13
|
Dental Council
|
19
|
Dietitians Registration Board
|
13
|
Dublin Dental Hospital Board
|
14
|
Food Safety Authority Of Ireland
|
10
|
Health and Social Care Professionals Council
|
33
|
Health Information and Quality Authority
|
12
|
Health Insurance Authority
|
7
|
Health Products Regulatory Authority
|
9
|
Health Research Board
|
10
|
Health Service Executive
|
12
|
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
|
12
|
Leopardstown Park Hospital Board
|
7
|
Medical Council
|
25
|
Medical Scientists Registration Board
|
13
|
Mental Health Commission
|
13
|
National Cancer Registry Board
|
7
|
National Haemophilia Council
|
11
|
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
|
13
|
National Treatment Purchase Fund Board
|
9
|
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
|
23
|
Occupational Therapists Registration Board
|
13
|
Optical Registration Board
|
13
|
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council
|
21
|
Physiotherapists Registration Board
|
13
|
Podiatrists Registration Board
|
13
|
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
|
17
|
Psychologists Registration Board
|
13
|
Radiographers Registration Board
|
13
|
Social Care Workers Registration Board
|
13
|
Social Worker's Registration Board
|
13
|
Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board
|
13
|
St. James's Hospital Board
|
11
|
Tallaght Hospital Board
|
11
|
Voluntary Health Insurance Board
|
12
|