Mary Harney
Ceist:98 Miss Harney asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the number of task forces or review groups he has established since his appointment in January 1993. [3124/96]
Written Answers. - Task Forces and Review Groups.
Mary Harney
Ceist:99 Miss Harney asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the names of the persons, if any, he has appointed to task forces and review groups since his appointment in January 1993. [3125/96]
Mary Harney
Ceist:100 Miss Harney asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the cost to his Department, if any, of task forces and review groups he has established since his appointment in January 1993. [3126/96]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 98, 99 and 100 together.
In the period since my appointment as Minister for Equality and Law Reform in January 1993 under the previous Administration, I established five groups to advise and/or report on a range of matters pertinent to my Department. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.
A. Membership of Task Forces and Review Groups
1. Membership of the Task Force on the Travelling Community
Chairperson: Deputy Liz McManus replaced by Senator Mary Kelly on 9 January 1995.
|
Member |
Nominating Body |
|
Niall Crowley |
Dublin Travellers Education and Development Group |
|
Martin Collins |
(Pavee Point) |
|
Fr. Bill McKenna |
Conference of the Major Religious Superiors of Ireland (now known as the Conference of Religious of Ireland) |
|
Mary Moriarty |
National Federation of Irish Travelling People |
|
Chrissie O'Sullivan |
Irish Travellers Movement |
|
John McGee |
National Association of Traveller Training Centres |
|
Liam Keane, Social Worker, Kilkenny County Council |
Minister for Equality and Law Reform |
|
Dan O'Sullivan |
South Dublin County Council (formerly Dublin County Council) |
|
Liam Hughes replaced by Matt Ryan |
Department of Education |
|
Brian Breathnach replaced by Peter Green |
Department of the Environment |
|
Brian Mullen |
Department of Health |
|
Sylda Langford replaced by Mary Mallon |
Department of Social Welfare |
|
Councillor Joan Maher |
Fine Gael |
|
Councillor Catherine Quinn |
Progressive Democrats |
|
Councillor Gabriel Cribben |
Fianna Fáil |
|
Councillor Ita Green |
|
|
Councillor Séamus Rogers* |
Democratic Left |
*Note: Councillor Rogers was appointed to the Task Force on 16 February 1995 to replace Deputy Liz McManus as the representative of the Democratic Left.
2. Membership of Inter-Departmental Working Group
Michael Corcoran, Department of Equality and Law Reform. (Chairman)
Mairtín De Burca, Department of Equality and Law Reform.
David Costello, Department of Equality and Law Reform.
Peter Green, Department of the Environment.
Justin Carroll, Department of Foreign Affairs.
John Cronin, Department of Health.
Margaret Daly, Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry.
Eileen Kehoe, Department of the Taoiseach.
Stephen O'Neill, Department of Finance.
Mary Nash, Department of Finance.
Mary Lally, Department of Social Welfare.
Ronnie Sheehan, Department of Enterprise and Employment.
Matt Ryan, Department of Education.
Áine Stapleton, Office of the Tánaiste.
Brenda Ward, Department of Justice.
Eileen Bowden, Department of Equality and Law Reform (Secretary).
3. Membership of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities
|
Chairperson |
The Honourable Mr. Justice Feargus M. Flood |
|
Mr. Mark Blake-Knox |
Chief Executive, Cheshire Foundation in Ireland |
|
Ms Jacqui Browne |
Vice-Chairperson, Forum of People with Disabilities |
|
Ms Anne Coogan |
Hon. Treasurer, National Association for the Deaf |
|
Mr. John A. Cooney |
Chief Executive, South Eastern Health Board |
|
Mr. Paddy Doyle |
Author and Lecturer in Disability Issues |
|
Ms Frieda Finlay |
Parent, Member of Parents Association for People with Mental Handicap and National Association for Mental Handicap in Ireland |
|
Mr. Michael Gogarty |
Forum of People with Disabilities and Irish Congress of Trade Unions |
|
Mr. David Leydon |
Arts Student, UCD |
|
Ms Paula Lyons |
Department of Social Welfare |
|
Sr. Angela Magee |
Chairperson, Federation of Voluntary Bodies providing services to people with Mental Handicap |
|
Dr. Paul McCarthy |
Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Eastern Health Board |
|
Mr. Conn MacCinngamhna |
Welfare and Employee Assistance Counsellor; Founder Member of Alliance for Mental Health |
|
Mr. Frank Mulcahy |
Treasurer, Irish Wheelchair Association |
|
Mr. Séamus Ó Cinnéide: |
Senior Lecturer, Department of Community Work, Maynooth College |
|
Mr. Allen O'Connor |
Disability Equality Trainer |
|
Ms Kathleen O'Flaherty |
Nurse and Housewife; Special Interest in Spinal Cord Injuries |
|
Ms Margaret O'Leary |
Director, Regions and Personnel, Rehabilitation Institute |
|
Dr. Arthur O'Reilly |
Chief Executive, National Rehabilitation Board |
|
Dr. Gerard Quinn |
Law Lecturer, UCG, Specialist in Disability Legislation |
|
Ms Annie Ryan |
Parent and President, National Association for Mental Handicap in Ireland |
|
Ms Fidelma Ryan |
Secretary, Galway Mental Health Association |
|
Ms Frances Spillane |
Physical Handicap Services, Department of Health |
|
Mr. Colman Patton |
Dublin Self-Advocacy Group |
|
(Adviser) |
4. Membership of the Establishment Group for the Council for the Status of People with Disabilities
|
Mr. Tony Darmody |
Chief Executive, Kerry Friends of the Mentally Handicapped |
|
(Chairperson) |
|
|
Ms Claire Brennan |
Roscommon Support Group |
|
Mr. Eugene Callan |
Cheshire Foundation in Ireland |
|
Mr. Michael Fox |
Forum of People with Disabilities |
|
Mr. Colm O'Doherty |
Chairperson, National Rehabilitation Board |
|
Ms Mary O'Mahony |
Chief Executive, Mental Health Association of Ireland |
|
Ms Rachel Pollard |
Person with a Sensory Disability |
|
Mr. Frank Tracy |
Parent |
Note: Ms Mary Rafferty was the original chairperson but resigned from both the chair and the group on 31 December 1995.
5. Membership of the Monitoring Committee on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Second Commission on the Status of Women
|
Mr. Bernard McDonagh (Chair) |
Department of Equality and Law Reform |
|
Ms Anne Kinsella |
Department of Equality and Law Reform |
|
Ms Lee Mac Curtain |
Department of Education |
|
Ms Margo Monaghan |
Department of Enterprise and Employment |
|
Mr. Con Breen |
Department of Finance |
|
Dr. Ruth Barrington |
Department of Health |
|
Ms Deirdre Hogan |
Department of Social Welfare |
|
Mr. Donagh Morgan |
Department of the Taoiseach |
|
Mr. Séamus Feely |
Office of An Tánaiste |
|
Ms Carmel Foley |
Employment Equality Agency |
|
Mr. Peter Flood |
IBEC |
|
Ms Joy McCormick |
Irish Countrywomen's Association |
|
Ms Margaret Nolan |
ICTU |
|
Ms Rosemarie Smith |
Irish Farmers' Association |
|
Ms Kathleen O'Sullivan |
National Women's Council of Ireland |
B. Cost of Task Forces and Review Groups
|
Date of Establishment |
Task Forces/Review Groups |
Cost |
|
July 1993 |
Task Force on the Travelling Community |
£217,000 approximately |
|
September 1995 |
Inter-departmental working group of officials established to consider the implementation of the report of the Task Force on the Travelling Community |
not significant* |
|
December 1993 |
Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities |
£397,000 approximately. (to December 1995) |
|
April 1995 |
Ad hoc steering group established to assist with the preparation for the setting up, initially, of a provisional Council for the Status of People with Disabilities as a step towards the setting up of a representative council. |
This group received £100,000 in grant aid in 1995. A further provision of £100,000 has been made for this purpose in 1996. |
|
March 1994 |
Monitoring committee on the implementation of the recommendations of the Second Commission on the Status of Women. |
£9,000 approximately. |
*The work involved in extracting information on the costs incurred by this group would entail a disproportionate amount of time and effort.