Table A outlines the non-commercial state agencies under the aegis of my Department, their allocation where funded by the Department and staff (WTE) numbers. Table B outlines the boards\agencies to which I nominate/appoint board members but are funded through the HSE, with the exception of the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal, whose funding is administered through this Department..
One agency, the Children Acts Advisory Board, (allocation of €0.45m and staffing (WTE) of 16) was dissolved on 8th September 2011. The VHI is the only Commercial State Agency within my Department. The primary aim of the programme of agency rationalisation within the health sector is to streamline service delivery, professional registration and policy making in a number of areas, through the integration and/or amalgamation of functions. The rationalisation programme involves a significant legislative programme and a considerable amount of work is ongoing in this area at present.
5 Bodies are currently being dissolved/subsumed; National Cancer Registry Board, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, Optician Board, National Council for Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery and the Drug Treatment Centre Board, with legislation at various stages of preparation. With regard to staff numbers, all staff employed by an Agency prior to rationalisation transfer to the employ of the receiving Agency. A reduction in numbers employed will only arise when staff leave on expiry of a contract at some future date or in the case of permanent staff reaching retirement age.
The future reconfiguration of agencies within my Department is currently being considered by Government.
Table A
|
Agency
|
Location
|
Allocation € (m)
|
Staffing (WTE)
|
|
An Bord Altranais
|
Dublin
|
Self funding
|
40.5
|
|
Dental Council
|
Dublin
|
Self funding
|
5
|
|
Food Safety Authority of Ireland
|
Dublin
|
16.6
|
76.9
|
|
Food Safety Promotions Board
|
Cork
|
6.0
|
31.8
|
|
Health and Social Care Professional Council
|
Dublin
|
1.9
|
8
|
|
Health Information Quality Authority
|
Cork
|
11.7
|
148.9
|
|
Health Insurance Authority
|
Dublin
|
Self funding
|
8.6
|
|
Health Research Board
|
Dublin
|
32.3
|
69.5
|
|
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
|
Dublin
|
Self funding
|
550
|
|
Irish Medicines Board
|
Dublin
|
3.3
|
258.9
|
|
Medical Council
|
Dublin
|
Self funding
|
52.5
|
|
Mental Health Commission
|
Dublin
|
15.0
|
36.6
|
|
National Cancer Registry Board
|
Cork
|
2.8
|
52.5
|
|
National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing & Midwifery
|
Dublin
|
1.7
|
11.5
|
|
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
|
Dublin
|
Funded by HSE
|
1.5
|
|
National Treatment Purchase Fund
|
Dublin
|
85.6
|
46.6
|
|
Opticians Board
|
Dublin
|
Self funding
|
2
|
|
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
|
Dublin
|
Self funding
|
23.6
|
|
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
|
Kildare
|
3.0
|
16
|
Table B
|
Board\Agency
|
|
Beaumont Hospital Board
|
|
Consultative Council on Hepatitis C
|
|
Drug Treatment Centre Board
|
|
Dublin Dental Hospital Board
|
|
Health Service Executive
|
|
Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal
|
|
Leopardstown Park Hospital Board
|
|
National Haemophilia Council
|
|
St James’s Hospital Board
|
