Dáil Éireann - Volume 539 - 26 June, 2001

Written Answers. - Health Board Task Forces.

[318] 271. Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of task forces, steering groups and review groups set up by him since becoming Minister; and the membership of each of those groups. [18886/01]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin): The following is the information requested by the Deputy:

Breast Cancer Advisory GroupProfessor Niall O'Higgins St. Vincent's Hospital (Chairperson)

Dr. Bernadette O'Keeffe, Department of Health and Children

Dr. Ann O'Doherty National Breast Screening Programme

Ms Catherine Bannon, Department of Health and Children

Expert Group on Radiotherapy ServicesProf. D Hollywood, St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin (Chairperson)

Dr. J. Armstrong, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin

Dr. M. Hurley, Cork University Hospital

Dr. S. O'Cathail Cork University Hospital

Ms E. Maher, St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin

Ms J. Kelly, Irish Cancer Society

Dr. H. Comber, National Cancer Registry, Cork

Dr. M. Laffoy, Public Health Specialist, Eastern Regional Health Authority

Dr. B. McLean, St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin

Mr. T. Conere, Cork University Hospital

Ms M. Coffey, School of Radiography, Trinity College Dublin

Ms Y Davidson, Cork University Hospital

Dr. B. O'Keeffe, North-Eastern Health Board

Mr. W. Higgins, Hospital Planning Officer, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Joseph Cregan, Secondary Care Division, Department of Health and Children

Ms Ber Ryan, Cork University Hospital

Dr. Aiden Meade, ICGP

Dr. Sheelah Ryan, chief executive officer Western Health Board

Dr. R. Eakin, Belvoir Park Hospital, Belfast

Also invited to participate:Mr. Liam Grogan, Medical Oncology, Beaumont Hospital

Dr. Regina McQuillan, Palliative Care, St. Francis Hospice, Dublin

Mr. Gordon Watson, Waterford Regional Hospital

Dr. Ciaran Browne, Eastern Regional Health Authority (Secretariat)

The Second National Cancer ForumProf. Paul Redmond, Cork University Hospital, (Chairperson)

Dr. Fin Breathnach, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin

Dr. Des Carney, Mater Hospital

Ms Margaret Codd

Dr. Harry Comber, National Cancer Registry, Cork

Ms Barbara Cosgrave, ARC House, Eccles Street, Dublin

Dr. Michael Coughlan

Mr. Joseph Cregan, Department of Health and Children

Prof. Peter Daly, Irish Society of Medical Oncologists, St. James's Hospital

Dr. P Doorley, Midland Health Board

Prof. James Fennelly

Prof. Donal Hollywood, St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin

Ms Joan Kelly, Chairperson Irish Association for Nurses in Oncology, Dublin

Prof. W. O' Kirwan, Irish Association of Surgical Oncology, Cork University Hospital

Ms Emily Logan, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin

Mr. Michael Lyons, Area Chief Executive, East Coast Area Health Board

Professor Shaun McCann, Irish Haematology Association, Dublin

[319] Dr. Regina McQuillan, Irish Association of Palliative Care, St. Francis Hospice, Dublin

Ms Marie Moore

Dr. Michael Moriarty, St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin

Dr. Conor O'Keane Mater Hospital

Dr. Tony Holohan, Department of Health and Children

Dr. Risteard O'Laoide Faculty of Radiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Ms Catherine Bannon, Department of Health and Children (Secretary)

The Forum on FluoridationProf. Pat Fottrell, Former President of NUI, Galway, Chairperson

Dr. Gerard Gavin, Chief Dental Officer, Department of Health and Children

Dr. Dominique Crowley, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Oliver Fogarty, Department of the Environment and Local Government

Dr. Wayne Anderson, Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Professor John Clarkson, Dental Expert

Prof. Denis O'Mullane Dental Expert

Dr. Máire O'Connor, Public Health Doctors

Dr. Howard Johnson

Dr. Patrick Flanagan, Environmental Protection Agency

Prof. Moira O'Brien, Department of Anatomy, TCD

Mr. Kevin Moyles, Regional Public Analyst

Prof. William Binchy, Regius Professor of Law, TCD

Prof. Cecily Kelleher, Health Promotion

Dr. Joe Mullen, Health Boards Dentists

Dr. Carmel Parnell, Irish Dental Association

Prof. Miriam Wiley, Economic and Social Research Institute

Ms Dorothy Gallagher, Consumers' Association of Ireland

Dr. Elizabeth Cullen, Irish Doctors' Environmental Association

Ms Nessa Doherty, Department of Health and Children (Secretary)

Review Group on Health Service Core Staff

(as recommended by Report of Commission on Nursing)Ms Se O'Connor (Chairman), Health Service Employers Agency

Mr. David Maguire (Secretary), Department of Health and Children

Ms Teresa Cody, Department of Health and Children

Ms Nuala Coleman, Department of Health and Children

Ms Jenny Hogan, (Nursing Adviser) Department of Health and Children

Ms Mary Durcan SIPTU (Nursing)

Mr. Martin Corbett, SIPTU

Ms Annette Kennedy, Irish Nurses Organisation

Mr. Aiden Coyle, Amalgamated Transport of General Workers Union

Ms Patricia Owens IMPACT Trade Union

Mr. Paul Burke, Representing Voluntary Hospitals

Ms Michelle Oppermann, Federation of Voluntary Bodies

Mr. Jim Brown, North-Western Health Board

Mr. John Magner, South-Eastern Health Board

Working Group on Child and Adolescent Psychiatric ServicesDr. Paul McCarthy, Medical Advisor to the Department on Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Chairperson

Dr. Yvonne Begley, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Mid-Western Health Board

Ms Margaret Costello, Child Psychiatric Social Worker, St. Mary's Hospital, North-Eastern Health Board

Mr. Colman Duggan, Child Care Manager, Northern Area Health Board

Prof. Michael Fitzgerald, Child Psychiatrist, Ballyfermot Child and Family Centre, South-Western Area Health Board.

Mr. Paul Howard, Assistant Principal, Department of Health and Children

Dr. Colette Halpin, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Midland Health Board (Representing the Royal College of Psychiatrists)

Dr. Deirdre McIntyre Principal Clinical Psychologist, Regional Manager Child and Adolescent Psychology, ERHA

[320] Ms Chris Montague, Matron, St. Anne's, Taylor's Hill, Galway

Ms Bairbre NicAongusa, Principal Officer, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Paddy O'Dwyer Senior Psychologist, National Education Psychological Services Agency

Mr. David Smith, Assistant Principal, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Aidan O'Reilly Higher Executive Officer, Department of Health and Children (Secretary)

Commission on Assisted Human ReproductionProf. Dervilla Donnelly, Emeritus Prof. of Organic Chemistry, University College Dublin (Chairperson)

Dr. Carol Barry – Kinsella, Consultant Obstetrician, Rotunda Hospital

Dr. Declan Keane, Master, National Maternity Hospital

Dr. Aonghus Nolan, Scientist, Fertility Unit, UCHG

Prof. Andrew Greene, Geneticist, Crumlin Hospital and Professor of Genetics, UCD

Dr. Marina Lynch, Department of Physiology, TCD

Prof. Tom Cotter, Professor of Biochemistry, UCC

Dr. Deirdre Madden, Law Lecturer, UCC

Mr. Gerry Whyte, Senior Law Lecturer, TCD

Dr. Alpha Connelly, Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs

Ms Mark Cooke, 4th Legal Assistant, Office of the Attorney General

Dr. Paul McCarthy, Child Psychiatrist, St. James's Hospital

Ms Noirín Hayes, Head of Social Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology

Dr. Tony Ryan Paediatrician, Erinville Hospital, Cork

Ms Caroline Harrison, Counsellor, HARI Unit, Rotunda Hospital

Ms Benny Hennelly, Midwife, HARI Unit, Rotunda Hospital

Ms Nora Geary, Midwife, Erinville Hospital, Cork

Ms H. Browne, National Infertility Support and Information Group

Dr. Miriam McCarthy, Medical Branch, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland

Ms Geraldine Luddy, Director, the Women's Health Council

Ms Dora Hennessy, Principal Officer, Department of Health and Children.

Task Force on Cardiovascular HealthDr. John Bowman, Chairperson

Mr. Michael Kelly, Department of Health and Children

Mr. John Hurley, Department of Finance

Mr. Eddie Sullivan, Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs

Mr. John Dennehy, Department of Education and Science

Ms Margaret Hayes, Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation

Mr. Jimmy Farrelly, Department of the Environment

Mr. John Malone, Department of Agriculture and Food

Dr. Jane Wilde, Chairman of Advisory Forum

Dr. Sheelah Ryan chief executive officer's Western Health Board

Mr. Pat Donnelly, ERHA

Mr. Derek Brady, City and County Managers, Dunlaoire/Rathdown, Co. Council

Mr. Eddie Breen, Waterford Corporation

Ms Mulivhill Irish Heart Foundation, Voluntary Sector

Dr. Luke Clancy, ASH Ireland

Mr. Peter Cassells, ICTU

Dr. Jim Kiely, Department of Health and Children

Dr. Pat Wall, Food Safety Authority

Professor Cecily Kelleher, Academic Interest

Mr. Brendan Whelan, ESRI

Mr. Joe Donagh, GAA Public Interest

Mr. Mick Doyle

Mr. John Treacy, Irish Sports Council

Advisory Forum on Cardiovascular HealthDr. Jane Wilde, Director, Institute of Public Health (Chairperson)

Sharon Foley, Midland Health Board

Prof. M. Walsh, St. James's Hospital, Dublin

Aonghus O'Donnell, University Hospital, Cork

[321] Prof. J H Horgan, Beaumont Hospital

Prof. Hannah McGee, Royal College of Surgeons

Prof. Andrew Murphy, University College, Galway

Dr. Sean Denyer, North-Western Health Board

Carmel Mangan, Blackrock Clinic

Mr. J. Lahiff, Co-ordinator of Health Promoting Schools, Marino Institute of Education

Mr. Chris Fitzgerald, Department of Health and Children

Preparation of the Department's Health StrategyA number of groups has been established as an input to the development of the new Health Strategy viz.

(i)Steering GroupMr. Michael Kelly, Secretary General, Department of Health and Children (Chairperson)

Mr. Tom Mooney, Deputy, Department of Health and Children

Dr. Jim Kiely, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Donal Devitt, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Tony Enright, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Paul Barron, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Dermot Smyth, Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Frank Ahern, Director, Department of Health and Children

Ms Frances Spillane, Director, Department of Health and Children

Ms Deirdre Gillane, Adviser to Minister Martin

Mr. Denis Doherty, chief executive officer Midland Health Board

Mr. Pat Harvey, chief executive officer, North-Western Health Board

Dr. Sheelagh Ryan, chief executive officer, Western Health Board

Mr. Michael Lyons, chief executive officer, East Coast Area Health Board

Mr. Donal O'Shea, Regional chief executive officer, Eastern Regional Health Authority

Mr. Peter MacDonagh, Adviser to the Taoiseach

(ii)Project TeamMs Frances Spillane, Department of Health and Children

Dr. John Devlin, Department of Health and Children

Ms Maureen Flynn, Department of Health and Children

Ms Deirdre Gillane, Department of Health and Children

Ms Siobhan Kennan, Department of Health and Children

Ms Mary Dowling, Department of Health and Children

Ms Elizabeth Canavan, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Michael Smith, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Seamus Molloy. Department of Health and Children

Dr. Tom O'Connell, Department of Health and Children

Ms Marian O'Toole Department of Health and Children

Ms Sarah Gibbons, Department of Health and Children

Health BoardMr. Kevin McCarthy, East Coast Area Health Board

Mr. Ambrose McLoughlin North-Eastern Health Board

Mr. Tom Beegan South-Eastern Health Board

Dr. Kevin Kelleher, Mid-Western Health Board

(iii)Consultative ForumMr. Brian Howard, Chairman Mental Health Association of Ireland

Mr. Brenda Wheeler, Chairman Irish Patients' Association

Ms Mary O'Connor, Chairperson – Children in Hospital Ireland

Yvonne Bohane, NAMHI

Mr. Eddie Collins-Hughes, Carers Association

Mr. Barry Dempsey, Chief Executive – Irish Cancer Society

Mr. Mary Codd, Chief Executive – Irish Heart Foundation

Ms Carmel Foley, Director of Consumer Affairs

Ms Dorothy Gallagher, Consumer Association of Ireland

Ms Raymond Dooley, Chairperson – Children's Rights Alliance

[322] Professor Ivan Perry, Research Director – National Suicide Research Foundation

Laurence Bond, Chairperson – National Economic and Social Forum

Ms Audrey Dean, Ms Audrey Dean

Mr. Clare Farrell, Director – Combat Poverty Agency

Mr. Tony Monks, General Secretary – INOU

Ann O'Dwyer 112 Marlborough Street

Ms Catherine Butler, Chairperson – Irish Refugee Council

Fr. Sean Healy Sheila Cronin (attend April), Conference of the Religious of Ireland

Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy, President – Focus Point

Ms Brigid Quirke, Pavee Point

Ms Denise Charlton, Women's Aid

Professor Anthony Clare, Consultant Psychiatrist

Professor (Representative Trinity), Business School

Professor Andrew Green, Crumlin, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children

Professor Denis Gill, Consultant Paediatrician

Professor Denis Cusack, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Muiris Heuston, GP/Columnist The Irish Times

Mr. Austin Leahy, Consultant Surgeon

Consultant Surgeon

Dr. Jim Golden, National Treasury Management Agency

Mr. Eamon O'Shea, Economist University College Galway

Professor Cecily Kelleher, Department of Health Promotion University College Galway

Professor Muiris Fitzgerald, Consultant Physician St. Vincent's University Hospital

Ms Jean Clarke, University Lecturer School of Nursing and Midwifery University College Dublin

Professor Geraldine McCarthy, Head Department of Nursing Studies University College Cork

Mr. Michael Dempsey, Managing Director Bristol-Myres Squibb

Professor Michael Murphy, Dean Medical School University College Cork

Professor Declan Lyons, Consultant Mid-Western Regional Hospitals Limerick

Ms Maureen Lynott, Chairperson Special Residential Services Board

Mr. Tim Kennelly, National Association of Hospital Chief Executives

Mr. Nicky Jerymn, Chair Dublin Academic Teaching Hospitals

Ms Ita O'Dwyer Chair – Joint Maternity Hospitals Group

Ms Louise Richardson, Chief Executive – Irish Hospice Foundation

Ms Philip Larkin, Irish Association for Palliative Care

Mr. Brian O'Donnell, chief executive officer – Federation of Voluntary Bodies

Mr. Tom Hogan, Chairman

Mr. Niall Keane, Chairperson – Disability Federation of Ireland

Mr. Niall Keane, Chief Executive

Dr. Arthur O'Reilly/Christine Whyte, Director – National Disability Authority

Mr. Tony McQuinn, Comhairle

Dr. Ruth Barrington, chief executive officer – Health Research Board

Dr. Frank Hallinan, chief executive officer – Irish Medicines Board

Professor Jane Wilde, Representative of NAPS

Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald, Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Dr. Joan O'Riordan, Irish Blood Transfusion Services

Donal O'Sullivan, Irish Public Bodies Mutual Insurance Company (Rep: National Safety Council)

Michael Lehane, Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. Bob Carroll, Director – National Council on Ageing and Older People

Ms Geraldine Luddy, Director – Women's Health Council

Dr. Williem Blunnie, President – The Medical Council

Dr. Joe LeMasney, President – The Dental Council

Mr. Neil Brennan, Chief Officer – The Post Graduate Medical and Dental Board

Ms Sheila O'Malley, President – An Bord Altranais

Ms Evonne O'Shea, Executive Chair – National Council for the Professional Development of

Nursing and Midwifery

Pat Quinlan, General Manager – Milford Care Centre

[323] Mr. Joe Stanley, chief executive officer – Irish Nursing Homes Association

Mr. Michael Heavy, Chief Executive – Independent Hospital Association of Ireland

Mr. John Looney, VHI House

Mr. Martin O'Rourke, chief executive officer – BUPA

Mr. Jim McCaffrey, Department of Finance

Ms Eileen Kehoe Gallagher, Secretary General – Department of the Taoiseach

Mr. John McGrath, Permanent Secretary – Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Ms Paula Carey, ICTU

Ms Sheila O'Sullivan, Director General – Irish Business and Employer Confederation

Mr. J Moore, National Secretary – UCATT

Mr. Ben Kearney, District Secretary – ATGWU

Mr. Eamon Donnelly, IMPACT

Mr. John McDonnell, General Secretary – SIPTU

Mr. Declan Bedford, Chief Executive – The Irish Medical Organisation

Mr. Donal Duffy, Secretary General – Irish Hospital Consultants Association

Mr. Donal Atkins, Secretary General – Irish Dental Organisation

Mr. Padric Staunton, Secretary General – Irish Pharmaceutical Union

Ms Anne Nolan, Chief Executive – Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association

Ms Sharon Higgins, Director – Medical Devices Association

Ms Elva Gannon, Health Service Employers Agency

Mr. Denis Doherty, Director – Office for Health Management

Mr. Tommie Martin, Chief Officer – Comhairle na nOspideal

Mr. Mark Smith, Irish Association of Care Workers

Ms Brid Hughes, Secretary – Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute

Ms Stephanie Manahan, Chairperson – Occupational Therapists

Ms Mary O'Callaghan, President – Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists

Mr. Roger Woodward, Psychological Society of Ireland

Ms Monica Egan, President – Irish Association of Social Workers

Ms Aisling Becton, Chairperson – Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists

Mr. Kevin Culliton

Ms Ann McGee, Registrar – Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland

Mr. Liam Murray, President – The Irish Institute of Radiography

Mr. Al Donnelly, Environmental Health Officers' Association

Ms Jim Browne, Director of the Regional Nurse and Midwife PDU

Ms Mary Mahon, President – Association of Irish Nurse Managers

Ms Ann Carrigy, Chair DON Group

Mr. Liam Doran, Chair of Nursing Alliance

Professor Brian Keogh, Royal College of Physicians in Ireland

Prof. Arthur Tanner, Registrar Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Dr. John Madden, President – Irish College of General Practitioners

Professor John Bonnar, Chairman – Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Dr. Freda O'Connell, Royal College of Psychiatrists

Ms Breda Dooley, Consumers for Choice Ireland

Cllr Anne Devitt, Chairperson – Northern Area Health Board

Cllr Tony Fox, Chairman – The East Coast Area Health Board

Cllr Charlie O'Connor, Chairman – The South-Western Area Health Board

Ms Sheila O'Connor, Patient Focus

Cllr Patrick Moylan, Chairman – Midland Health Board

Mr. Jim Casey, Chairman – Mid-Western Health Board

Dr. Hugh Dolan, Chairman – North-Eastern Health Board

Mr. Thomas Mulligan, Chairman – North-Western Health Board

Mr. Liam Doran, General Secretary – Irish Nurses Organisation

[324] Mr. Des Kavanagh, General Secretary – Psychiatric Nurses Association

Ms Maggie Walsh, President – The Academy of Medical Laboratory Science

Ms Mary Brosnan, Representative of Midwifery Forum

Prof. John Murray, Trinity College Dublin

Ms Helen Raftery, Chief Executive – Irish Sports Council

Mr. Matt Merrigan, Joint Chair of Partnership Forum

Mr. Pat Harvey, Joint Chair of National Partnership Forum

Dr. Greg Kelly, Chairperson – Western Health Board

Cllr Michael Cahill, Chairman – Southern Health Board

Mr. Hilary Quinlan, Chairperson – South-Eastern Health Board

Mr. James Doorley, President National Youth Council of Ireland

Ms Selina Bonnie, Forum of People with Disabilities

Helen McCormack, Irish Herbal Practitioners Association

Mr. Mark Daly, Association of Optometrists

Dr. Dermot Walsh, Inspector of Mental Hospitals

Ms Mary Healy, Meadowbrook

Ms Siobhan O'Donoghue, Community Workers Co-operative

Health Board chief executive officer's

Mr. Leslie Andrews, Chairman, Barnardos

Mr. Sean Hurley, Southern Health Board

Mr. Patrick Donnelly, South West Area Health Board

Mr. John Cooney, SEHB

Mr. Paul Robinson NEHB

Mr. Stiofan de Burca, MWHB

Mr. Maureen Windle, NAHB

Cllr Ivor Callely TD, Chairman ERHA

Mr. Billy Gallagher, Facilitator

Mr. Michael Kelly, Facilitator

Mr. John McAdam, Facilitator

Mr. Damien Mullarkey, Facilitator

Mr. Seosamh Ó'Maolalaí, Facilitator

Ms Liz Martin, Facilitator

Pat Evans, Facilitator

Mr. Oliver Smith, Facilitator

Ms Jo Hardwick, Facilitator

Ms Anne Nee, Facilitator

Mr. Karl Duffy, Facilitator

Ms Clare Spillane, General Nurse – Care of the Older Person

Ms Teresa Hayes, General Nurse – Acute Services

Ms Goone O'Byrne, Public Health Nurse

Ms Jacinta Mulhere, Mental Handicapped Nurse

Ms Glynis Peel, Paediatric Nurse

Ms Julie Cotter, Practice Nurse

Mr. Thomas Kearns, Nurse Tutor

Mr. Peter Lennon, Psychiatric

Mr. David Manley, Not-for-Profit Business Association

Ms Joan Hamilton, Cork Advocacy Network

Valerie Robinson, Director Communication and Education

Dr. Darina O'Flanagan, National Disease Surveillance Unit

Dr. Sylvia Wood, Health and Safety Authority

Charlotte Dargie, International Panel

Judity Kurland, International Panel

Prof. Richard Alderslade, International Panel

Kevin Callinan, National Health Secretary IMPACT

Steering Group on Child Care Management InformationMr. Ger Crowley, Mid-Western Health Board (Chairman)

Mr. Pat McCarthy, Western Health Board

Ms Linda Gallagher, North-Western Health Board

Ms Michele Clarke Social Services Inspectorate

Mr. Ger Hughes, Department of Health and Children

Mr. David Smith, Department of Health and Children

Ms Catherine McManus, Department of Health and Children

Ms Mary Corrigan, North-Western Health Board

Mr. Bob Templeton, East Coast Area Health Board (Resigned June 2001)

Mr. Ken Shanley, Department of Health and Children (Secretary)

[325] Monitoring Committee to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Nursing

Bernard Carey

Department of Health and Children

(Chairperson)

Peta Taaffe

Department of Health and Children

Susan Reilly

Department of Health and Children

Teresa Cody

Department of Health and Children

Eugene Donoghue

An Bord Altranais

Gerard Barry

Health Service Employers Agency

James Doran

Health Service Employers Agency

Maureen Windle

Northern Area Health Board

Tom Beegan

South-Eastern Health Board

Michael Lenihan

National Maternity Hospital

Aidan Gleeson

Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital

Jim Gilmartin

Cregg House

Lenore Mrkwicka

Irish Nurses Organisation

David Hughes

Irish Nurses Organisation

Eilish Hardiman

Irish Nurses Organisation

Gerry Coone

Psychiatric Nurses Association

Des Kavanagh

Psychiatric Nurses Association

Kay Collins

SIPTU

Fiona Edwards*

SIPTU

Padraig Heverin*

SIPTU

Yvonne O'Shea

National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery

Joan Phelan

Representing Directors of Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Units

*SIPTU nominated Mr. Heverin as a replacement for Ms Edwards in October 2000.

High Level Committee on Empowerment of Nurses: Agenda for Change

Dr. John Owens

Chief Psychiatrist,

St. Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan

Ms Audrey Wright

Staff Nurse,

ERHA Unit for Elderly,

South Circular Road, Dublin

Ms Margaret Shanahan

Breast Care Nurse,

South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital, Cork

Mr. Seamus Murphy

Psychiatric Nurses Association

Mr. Gerry Reynolds

SIPTU – Nursing

Ms Christina Carneyf7>1

IMPACT

Mr. Liam Doran

Irish Nurses Organisation

Ms Geraldine Murray

Divisional Nurse Manager,

University College Hospital Galway

Dr. Bernard Walshe

Medical Consultant & Clinical Director,

St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8

Mr. Pat Lyons

Chief Executive Officer,

Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9

Mr. Martin McDonald

Project Manager, Health Service Employers Agency

Ms Grainne Connollyf7>2

Head of Change Management,

Health Service Employers Agency

Mr. Jack Buckley

Director of Nursing,

St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin 7

Mr. Tim Kennelly

Chief Executive Officer,

St. John's Hospital, Limerick

Ms Ann Judge

Management Development Specialist,

Office for Health Management

Mr. Alan Smith

General Manager,

Office for Health Management

Ms Siobhan O'Halloran

Nurse Adviser,

Department of Health & Children

Ms Maureen Flynn

Nurse Research Officer,

Department of Health & Children

Ms Geraldine Regan

Director of Nursing,St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire

Mr. Gerry O'Dwyer

Deputy General Manager,

Cork University Hospital

Ms Brigid Howley

General Manager,

University College Hospital Galway

Mr. Pat Harvey

Chief Executive Officer,

North-Western Health Board

Ms Susan Reilly

Nursing Policy Division,

Department of Health & Children[326]

Mr. Frank Ahern

Director,

Personnel Management & Development,

Department of Health & Children

f7>1Replaced by Ms Patricia Owens, January 2001.

f7>2Resigned 2001.

Working Group on the Effective Utilisation of the Professional Skills of Nurses and MidwivesNursing Alliance

Christina Carneyf7>1

Asst. General Secretary, IMPACT

Mary Durkan

Vice President, SIPTU

Des Kavanagh

General Secretary, PNA

Annette Kennedy

Director of Professional Development, INO

f7>1Replaced by Mr. Eamonn Donnelly, Assistant General Secretary, February 2001.

Health Service Employers

Anne Carrigy

Director of Nursing, Mater Hospital

Maura Donovan

Chief Executive, Stewart's Hospital

Martin McDonald

Project Manager, H.S.E.A.

Pat Gaughan

Programme Manager, North-Western Health Board.

Department of Health and Children

Teresa Cody

Assistant Principal

Deirdre Fitzsimons

Nurse Advisor

Maureen Flynn

Nurse Researcher

Siobhan O'Halloran

Nurse Advisor

Michael Shannon (Chairperson)

Nurse Advisor

Nursing and Midwifery Strategy Research Group

Peta Taaffe

Department of Health and Children

Siobhan O'Halloran

Department of Health and Children

Mary Brosnan

Department of Health and Children

Rosaleen Molloy

Association of Psychiatric Nurse Managers

Ann Carrigy

Dublin Academic Teaching Hospitals

Ann Marie Ryan

School of Nursing and Midwifery,

Trinity College Dublin

Kathleen MacLellan

Irish Nurse Researchers Interest Group

Annette Kennedy

Irish Nurses Organisation

Marie Carney

Association of Nurse Lecturers

Cathy Murphy

UCG/NUI

Denis Ryan

SIPTU – Nursing

Maria Neary

An Bord Altranais

Eilish Hardiman

Irish Nurse Researchers Interest Group

Ann Scott

Dublin City University

Paediatric Nurse Education Review Group – Reported December 2000Chair:

Peta Taaffe

Chief Nursing Officer,

Department of Health and Children

Members:

Yvonne O'Shea

Chief Education Officer,

An Bord Altranais

Annette Kennedy

Director of Professional Development,

Irish Nurses Organisation

Sr. Antoinette Kelleher

Principal Tutor,

Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children

Maura Connolly

Director of Nursing,

National Children's Hospital

Siobhan O'Halloran

Nurse Advisor – Education,

Department of Health and Children

Anna Lloyd

Nurse Advisor – Paediatric Nursing,

Department of Health and Children[327]

Ruth Maher

Nursing Practice Development Co-ordinator,

Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children

Rita O'Shea

Director of Nursing,

The Children's Hospital, Temple Street

Judith Foley

(for Honor Nicholl)

Nurse Tutor,

The Children's Hospital, Temple Street

Liz Dunbar

(for Honor Nicholl)

Principal Nurse Tutor,

The Children's Hospital, Temple Street

Liz Lynch

Principal Tutor,

Nurse Education Centre, Cork University Hospital

Eileen O'Sullivan

Nurse Manager,Cork University Hospital

Carole King

Nurse Tutor,National Children's Hospital (from September 2000)

National Midwifery Advisory Forum

Ms Ita O'Dwyer

Director of Nursing,

Coombe Women's Hospital

Ms Patricia Hughes

Midwifery Manager,Cavan General Hospital

Ms A. M. Staunton

Clinical Nurse Manager 2

University College Hospital Galway

Ms Maureen Campbell

Midwife, Sligo General Hospital

Ms Mary Higgins

Midwife, Erinville Maternity Hospital, Cork

Ms Cliona McLaughlin

Independent Midwife

Ms Ann Martin

An Bord Altranais

Ms Ursula Byrne

Midwifery Project Officer,

An Bord Altranais

Ms Kathryn McQuillan

National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery

Ms Rhona O'Connell

Department of Nursing and Midwifery,

University College Cork

Ms Cecily Begley

Director, School of Nursing and Midwifery,

Trinity College Dublin

Ms Anna Monaghan

Principal Tutor, Rotunda Hospital

Ms Margaret Crowley-Murphy

St. Munchin's Hospital, Limerick

Ms Mary Brosnan

Midwifery Advisor, Department of Health and Children

Ms Mary Courtney

Director, Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit, Western Health Board

Ms Ethna Coen

Midwifery Project Officer, South-Eastern Health Board

National Implementation Committee on Pre-Registration Nursing Degree EducationChair

Ms Mary Tobin

Personnel Manager

Institute of Public Administration

Executive Director

Ms Siobhán O'Halloran

Department of Health & Children

Ordinary Members

Mr. Gerry O'Dwyer

General Manager,

Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork

Ms Vivienne Tegg

Director of Human Resources,

South-Eastern Health Board

Mr. Martin Farrell

Director of Mental Health Nursing,

Northern Area Health Board

Catherine Guihen

Nurse Practice Development Co-ordinator,

Mater Misericordiae Hospital

Dr. Marion O'Sullivan

National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA)

[328] Professor Seamus Cowman

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Ms Nora Mulcahy

University of Limerick

Dr. Cecily Begley

University of Dublin, Trinity College

Professor Geraldine McCarthy

University College Cork

Professor Anne Scott

Dublin City University

Ms Kathy Murphy

National University of Ireland, Galway

Professor Pearl Treacy

University College Dublin

Mr. Michael Lyons

Chief Executive Officer, AMiNCH Tallaght

Ms Eilish Hardiman

Director of Nursing, St James's Hospital

Mr. Vincent Murphy

Acting Head of School of Science,

Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Dr. John Nolan

Registrar of the National University of Ireland

Ms Annette Kennedy

Director of Professional Development,

Irish Nurses Organisation

Ms Anna Plunkett

Director of Nursing,

Hospitaller Order of St John of God, Drumcar, Co. Louth

Mr. Tom Noone

Nurse Tutor, St James's Hospital,

Dublin 8

Ms Jackie Burke

Nurse Tutor,

St. Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4

Ms Orla O'Reilly

Principle Nurse Tutor,

School of Nursing, St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin

Mr. Ken Brennan

Principal Nurse Tutor,

Psychiatric School of Nursing, St Ita's Hospital, Portrane, Co. Dublin

Mr. Padraig O'Sullivan

Principal Nurse Tutor,

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Nursing Education Advisor

Department of Health and Children

Ms Susan Reilly

Department of Health and Children

Mr. Michael Troy

Department of Education and Science

Mr. Joe Cullen

Department of Finance

Ms Mary Kerr

Higher Education Authority

Inter-Departmental Steering Committee on Pre-Registration Nurse EducationDepartment of Health and Children

Bernard Carey (Chair)

Peta Taaffe

Susan Reilly

Sandra Walsh/Carolyn O'Neill (Secretary)

Department of Education and Science

Anne Killian

Mary McGarry

Michael Troy

Department of Finance

Fred Foster

Joe Cullen

Higher Education Authority

John Hayden

Maria Kerr

Working Group on Recruitment and Retention of Nursing Staff in the Dublin area:Chair

Manus Ward, former Chief Executive Officer, North-Western Health Board

Secretary

Patricia Smith, Senior Human Resource Manager in Org. Development, ERHA.

[329] Employers Representatives

Bernard Carey, Principal Officer, Department of Health and Children.

Brendan Mulligan, Industrial Relations Executive, HSEA.

Marie Keane, Director of Nursing, Beaumont Hospital.

Pearse Costello, Director of Human Resourses, East Coast Area Health Board.

Nursing Alliance Representatives

David Hughes, Director of Industrial Relations, INO.

Mr. Oliver McDonagh, National Nursing Offical, SIPTU.

Mr. Seamus Murphy, Industrial Relations Officer, PNA.

Mr. Kevin Callinan, National Secretary, Health and Welfare Division, IMPACT.

National Paediatric Nursing Advisory ForumStudent RSCN

Ms Jan Aherne, Post-reg RSCN Student.

Ms Roisin Bradley, Post-reg RSCN Student.

Clinical Practice

Mr. Brendan Colgan, Staff Nurse

Ms Bernie Pierce, Staff Nurse.

Ms Ruth Howard, Staff Nurse.

Ms Geraldine Leen, Clinical Nurse Manager1/2.

Management

Ms Rita O'Shea, Director of Nursing.

Ms Oonagh McDermott, Service Manager/UNO.

Education

Ms Liz Dunbar, Principal Tutor.

Ms Mary Casey, Nurse Lecturer.

Ms Elizabeth Lynch, Principal Tutor.

Ms Carole King, Nurse Tutor.

An Bord Altranais

Ms Veronica Kow.

National Council

Ms Aveen Murray.

Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit

Mr. Colum Bracken, Director.

Paediatric Nurse Advisor

Ms Anna Lloyd, Department of Health and Children.

Best Practice Guidance on International Nursing Recruitment MembershipDepartment of Health and Children

Ms Peta Taaffe, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health and Children

Ms Susan Reilly, Department of Health and Children

Ms Anna Lloyd, Department of Health and Children

Ms Elizabeth Farrell, Department of Health and Children

Ms Elizabeth Kingston, Health Service Employers Agency

Eastern Regional Health Authority

Ms Sheila O'Malley, Director of Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit

Ms Mary Kelly, Director of Human Resource, Northern Area Health Board

Dublin Academic Teaching Hospitals

Ms Mairead Shields, Director of Human Resources, Tallaght Hospital

Ms Marie Keane, Director of Nursing, Beaumont Hospital

An Bord Altranais

Ms Ann Marie Ryan, Chief Education Officer, An Bord Altranais

[330] Cork University Hospital

Ms Kay O'Sullivan, Director of Nursing, Cork University Hospital

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

To be confirmed.

Antenatal Testing for HIV Committee

Dr. Ronan Gleeson, Consultant Obstetrician,

Ms Chris Sheehan, GUM Clinic

Dr. Declan Bedford, North-Eastern Health Board

Ms Valerie Donnelly, National Maternity Hospital

Ms Linda Reed, Cairde

Ms Paula Markey, St. James's Hospital

Dr. Karina Butler, Consultant Paediatrician

Dr. Corbett Feeney, Western Health Board

Ms Rosaleen Maguire, National Maternity Hospital

Dr. Seamus Dooley, Virus Reference Laboratory

Dr. Bartley Cryan, Consultant Microbiologist

Ms Rosemary Grant, Coombe Hospital

Dr. Chris Fitzpatrick, Consultant Obstetrician

Dr. Mary Cafferkey, Rotunda Hospital

Ms Sheila Sugrue, Coombe Womens Hospital

Dr. Emer Mac Hale, Western Health Board

Dr. Des Crowley, Eastern Health Board

Dr. Johyn Devlin, Deputy CMO, Department of Health and Children

Mr. Jimmy Duggan, Department of Health and Children

Denis O'Sullivan, Department of Health and Children

Dr. Patricia Callan, Midland Health Board

Dr. Mai Mannix, Mid-Western Health Board

Ms Oonagh mcDermott, Sligo General Hospital

Dr. Maura O'Connor, South-Eastern Health Board

Casebased reporting of HIV Committee – Working Group of Surveillance Sub-committee of National AIDS Strategy CommitteeDr. Derval Igoe, National Disease Surveillance Unit

Dr. Mai Mannix, Mid-Western Health Board

Dr. Patrick O'Sullivan, Eastern Regional Health Authority

Dr. Mary Scully, Eastern Regional Health Authority

Dr. Jeff Connell, Virus Reference Laboratory

Mr. Seamus Dooley, Virus Reference Laboratory

Dr. John Devlin, Department of Health and Children

Dr. John Latham, City Medical Centre

Dr. Fiona Mulcahy, Consultant of Genitourinary Medicine

Dr. John Brazil, National Disease Surveillance Centre

Dr. Kate O'Donnell, National Disease Surveillance Centre

Benzodiazepine CommitteeMr. Martin Gallagher, Assistant Chief Executive, East Coast Area Board

Mr. Tom Gilson, JADD

Dr. Ide Delargy, ICGP

Mr. John D. Corr MPSI

Dr. Kieran Harkin

Dr. Denis O'Driscoll, Liaison Pharmacist, ERHA

Dr. Neville De Souza, Specialist in Public Health, South-Eastern Health Board

Dr. Eamonn Keenan, Consultant Psychiatrist

Mr. John Byrne, An Bord Altranais

Mr. Tom McGuinn, Chief Pharmacist, Department of Health and Children

Dr. Howard Johnson, ERHA

Dr. Sean Conroy, Western Health Board

Dr. John O'Connor, Consultant Psychiatrist

Mr. Tony Geoghegan, Director, Merchants Quay Project

Dr. Dermot Walsh, Inspector of Mental Hospitals

Professor Colin Bradley, NUI-Cork

Methadone Prescribing Implementation CommitteeDr. Joe Barry, Eastern Regional Health Authority (Chairman)

Dr. E. Keenan, Eastern Regional Health Authority

Mr. T. McGuinn, Department of Health and Children

Ms N. Quinn, Department of Health and Children

[331] Ms M. Jackson, Department of Health and Children

Ms L. Kenny, Department of Health and Children

Dr. N. DeSouza, South-Eastern Health Board

Ms F. Walsh, Western Health Board

Dr. N. Eldin, North-Eastern Health Board

Ms B. Hyland, North-Western Health Board

Dr. C. Murphy, Southern Health Board

Ms M. McCully, Mid-Western Health Board

Mr. M. Marshall, Midland Health Board

Dr. I. Delargy, Irish College of General Practitioners

Mr. J. Corr, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland

Ms N. Zayed, Eastern Regional Health Authority

Mr. T. Flood, General Medical Services Board

Ms F. Rafferty (Secretary) Drug Treatment Centre