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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 5 Mar 1997

Vol. 475 No. 8

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

John O'Donoghue

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97 Mr. O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number and names of persons appointed to boards, committees, commissions or subcommittees under the aegis of his Department; the remuneration attached to each position; the expenses incurred by each member including travel and subsistence to date for every member of each relevant body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6303/97]

Limerick East): The number and names of persons appointed to boards under the aegis of my Department, since my appointment as Minister and the remuneration attached to each position are set out in the following table. The expenses — including travel and subsistence — incurred by each member of each board under the aegis of my Department — except An Bord Uchtála — is not available in the Department.

The expenses incurred by each member including travel and subsistence for An Bord Uchtála — the Adoption Board — are also set out.

All appointments to State boards under the aegis of my Department, and the payment of remuneration to members of boards under the aegis of this Department are determined according to the relevant Act or Statutory Instrument establishing each board and is in accordance with Government policy.

Information regarding the appointments to committees, commissions or subcommittees is not yet compiled. I will write to the Deputy directly with this information in due course.

The Minister for Health has appointed the following persons to State Boards under the aegis of his Department since 16 December 1994 to date¹. The number of persons appointed is 228.

Board

Member

An Bord Altranais

Charlie Hardy

An Bord Uchtála

Patrick Durcan²

Beaumont Hospital

Séamus O'Brien

Peter McLoone

Denis McCarthy

David Bouchier-Hayes

Joyce Dillon

John Gleeson

Dr. Henry Osbourne

Bridget Hogan

Dr. Joe Walsh

Bridget Birmingham

Ann Devitt

Dr. Aidan Hampsen

Brid Nolan

Aileen Barrett

Kevin Jones

Blood Transfusion Service Board

Patrick Hourigan

Dr. Rosemary Boothman

Valerie Mannix

Prof. Ian Temperley

Dr. Rosemary Hone

Prof. Shaun R. McCann

Deirdre O'Connell

Anne Small

Diarmuid Shanley

Roy Hanan

Dr. Sheelah Ryan

Board of the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, incorporating the National Children's Hospital

Jennifer SowmanGay R.L. HoganJames V. RuttleMaurice J. Brooks

Dr. Kenneth Milne

Randall Plunkett

Prof. Davis Coakley

Charles O'Connor

Comhairle na Nimheanna

Tom McGuinn

Cyril O'Sullivan

Dr. Ann Bruzzi

Niamh Cosgrave

Tommy Neville

Patrick Kavanagh

Dr. J. Donohue

Catherine Cleary

Thomas Holly

Michael O'Dwyer

C. O'Driscoll

Jerome O'Mullane

P.J. O'Connor

Dr. Mark Lynch

Dr. J.A. Treacy

Dr. Iona Pratt

Prof. John Feely

A.J. Quirke

Comhairle na nOspideál

Dr. Charles Shanahan

Dr. Tom Peirce

Dr. Margo Wrigley

Prof. Brendan Drumm

Dr. Fred Jackson

Laura Viani

Denis Doherty

Catherine McDaid

Frank Ahern

Sheila Sullivan

John Murphy

Prof. Jim Fennelly

Prof. Anthony Clare

Dr. Mary Henry

Christine Carney

Aidan Hurley

Maurice Neligan

John McCarthy

Dr. John J. Murphy

Prof. Frank Keane

Dr. Fidelma Flynn

Prof. B.G. Loftus

Dr. Deborah Condell

Dr. Mary White

Dr. Fiona Bradley

Dr. Orla O'Reilly

Wendy O'Conghaile

Dental Council

Dr. Gerry Gavin

Noel Pocock

Dr. Jacinta McLoughlin

Maureen Considine

Drug Treatment Centre Board

Fr. Sean Cassin

Denis McCarthy

Sr. Raymond Bates

Eastern Health Board

Dr. John Meehan

Reggie Lalor

Food Safety Advisory Board³

Dr. Fergus Hill

James Duggan

Dr. James Kiely

Ray Ellard

Prof. John Hannan

Mary McCarthy-Buckley

Dr. Vivion Tarrant

Maura Nolan

Colm Gaynor

Sean O'Donoghue

Ailish Forde

Mary Kearns

Dr. Cliona Foley-Nolan

Prof. Michael Gibney

Prof. John Flynn

Dr. Emer Shelly

Bríd O'Connor

Dr. James Sheridan

Hugh Boyle

Food Safety Board of Ireland

Dr. Daniel O'Hare

Prof. Cecily Kelleher

James Kennedy

Caroline Gill

Prof. John Hannan

Darina Allen

Dr. Fergus Hill

William Fagan

Ann Scanlon

Health Research Board

Dr. Brian A. Lawlor

Dermot Smyth

Jim O'Brien

Health Service Employers Agency

John Cooney

P.J. Fitzpatrick

Martin Cowley

Maria Cronin

Frank Ahern

Brendan Phelan

Michael Kelly

Irish Medicines Board

Pat O'Mahony

Rita Clancy

Albert J. Costello

Denis Cronin

Marie Hogan

Anne Nolan

Tom O'Mahony

Prof. Kevin O'Malley

Maura Waters

Leopardstown Park Hospital

Sandy Adams

Nicholas Jermyn

Dr. Tim O'Dwyer

Eddie Matthews

John McGilligan

Marley Kavanagh

Monica Walsh

Marie Lewis

Major M. O'Connell

Alan Burnham

Midland Health Board

Dr. Katherine Brown

William Aird

Mid-Western Health Board

Mary Jackman

National Cancer Registry

Mary Dowling

Board

Prof. Bernadette Herity

Prof. Áine Hyland

Prof. Niall O'Higgins

Dr. James J. Fennelly

Dr. Kieran Sheahan

Dr. Martin Rouse

Prof. Alun Evans

Dr. Elizabeth Keane

Dr. Niall Tierney

Fergal Lynch

National Council for the Elderly

Brian Murnane

Dr. Mary Hynes

Dr. Patricia Walsh

Tim Leddin

National Drugs Advisory

Dr. Thomas B. Barragry

Board4

Dr. William Boles

Dr. Declan Bonar

Dr. Rosemary Boothman

Dr. Joseph Briscoe

Dr. Kevin Connolly

Prof. John Feely

Michael G. Gaynor

Dr. Kathleen McGarry

Tom McGuinn

P.F. Nowlan

Dr. Daniel O'Mahony

George O'Malley

Prof. Kevin O'Malley

Prof. G.G. Shaw

National Rehabilitation Board

Frances Spillane

John Collins

Joe Cody

Owen Roe O'Neill

Joe Fallon

Noreen Mullane

Mairin Daly

Patrick Halley

Carmel Caden

Laurence Kavanagh

Jacqui Browne

John Flannery

North-Eastern Health Board

Tom Kelly

Southern Health Board

Dr. Catherine Molloy

St. James's Hospital Board

Vincent Barton

Seamus O'Brien

St. Luke's and St. Anne's Hospital Board

Dr. J.G. Cooney

Francis Flannery

Sr. Marie McKenna

Sr. Bernadette McMahon

Sr. Catherine Mulligan

Donal O'Malley

Patrick Shanley

Brian Slowey

Kay Conroy

Sr. Antoinette Kelleher

Kevin O'Donnell

Tallaght Hospital Board

Vincent Barton

W.S. Sterling

Thomas Cullen

Prof. Richard Conroy

Seamus O'Brien

Prof. D.J. McConnell

Mary McCarthy

Prof. Hilary Hoey

Catherine McDaid

Eamon Walsh T.D.

Anne Farrell

Chris Flood T.D.

Voluntary Health Insurance Board

Sheila Brazil

Paul Coulson

Ann Fitzgerald

Phil Flynn

John McMenamin

John O'Connor

Lucy Pugh

Clare O'Connor

Dermot R. Hussey

¹An individual appointed to a board and subsequently reappointed to the same board in the period is included once only.
²Patrick Durcan was appointed to An Bord Uchtála by Government Decision.
³The Food Safety Advisory Board continues to operate pending the statutory establishment of the Food Safety Board of Ireland.
4 The National Drug Advisory Board was dissolved with the establishment of the Irish Medicines Board on 1st January 1996.
The level of remuneration of members of boards under the aegis of the Department of Health is as follows:
Adoption Board: £2,000 per annum is paid to each ordinary member of the Board. An annual fee of £49,252 (at 31 December 1996) is paid to the full-time Chairperson of the Board.
Blood Transfusion Service Board: £15,000 per annum is paid to the Chairperson of the Board.
Health Research Board: While the Establishment Order for the Board provides for the payment of remuneration as may be determined by the Minister, the current board decided not to accept such remuneration.
Irish Medicines Board: The Irish Medicines Board Act, 1995 provides for the payment of remuneration to the Chairperson of the Board. Discussions are on-going with the Department of Finance to determine the appropriate level of remuneration.
Voluntary Health Insurance Board: £6,000 per annum is payable to the Chairperson of the Voluntary Health Insurance Board. Other members of the Board are paid £4,000 per annum.
Each Health Board: £7,500 per annum is payable for the combined allowances of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of each Health Board.
Remuneration paid to members of boards under the aegis of this Department is determined according to the relevant Act or Statutory Instrument establishing each board.
The expenses incurred by the members of An Bord Uchtála for the period 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1997 are as follows:

£

Vivienne Darling

658.37

Patrick Durcan

7,892.05

Deirdre McIntyre

500.84

Nora Nowlan

657.93

Virgina Rochford

1,836.34

Geraldine Shanley

208.15

Orlaith Traynor

171.72

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