Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Department of Health and Children
Departmental Reports
11:00 pm
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 402: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of reports commissioned in her Department to date in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the reason for each report; the cost of each report; the person who carried out the report; the duration for each report; the date each report was finished or launched; that number that have been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27607/08]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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All of the information requested by the Deputy's question is not routinely collected by my Department. However the information which is currently available in respect of published reports for the period 2002 to June 2006 is set out in the table below. This table does not include information on the implementation of the reports in question. Additional information, including information in relation to reports completed but not published in the period 2002 to June 2006, and also information in respect of the period July 2006 to June 2008, is currently being compiled by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available. Internal Reports 2002 — June 2006
| Count | Name of Report | Year Commissioned | Year Published | Cost (€) |
| 1 | Cultural Male Circumcision Report | 2004 | 2004 | 1,983.00 |
| 2 | Adoption Legislation Consultation | 2003 | 2005 | 62,160 (Total Cost incl. Consultation & Printing) |
| 3 | Strategic Developmental Review of Health Board Food Control Laboratories | 2002 | 2004 | Nil |
| 4 | The Health of Irish Students (Clan) | 2002 | 2005 | 59,000.00 |
| 5 | The Heart Health Taskforce Second Report on Implementation of the Cardiovascular Health Strategy July 1999 — September 2002 'Ireland's Changing Heart' | 2002 | 2003 | 59,000.00 |
| 6 | Second Report of the Strategic Taskforce on Alcohol | 2003 | 2004 | 16,000.00 |
| 7 | Obesity the Policy Challenges — The Report of the National Taskforce on Obesity 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 42,000.00 |
| 8 | Reducing the Risk: A Strategic Approach (Sudden Cardiac Death Taskforce Report) | 2005 | 2006 | 23,900.00 |
| 9 | Sustaining Progress — Working Together to Reduce the Harms Caused by Alcohol Misuse. | 2005 | 2006 | 9,100.00 |
| 10 | Report of the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Group (Buttimer Report) | 2003 | 2006 | 241,540 (including research study costing of €71,500) |
| 11 | Report of the Undergraduate Medical Education and Training Group (Fottrell Report) | 2003 | 2006 | 156,844.00 |
| 12 | A Vision for Change — Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy | 2003 | 2006 | 390,307.00 |
| 13 | Second Report of the Working Group on Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Services | 2003 | Nil | |
| 14 | National Children's Advisory Council — Advice to the Minister for Children on the Implementation of Children First and Vetting | 2002 | 2003 on NCAC website | 9,809.00 |
| 15 | National Children's Advisory Council report on the Voice of the Child. | 2002 | 2003 | 3,200.00 |
| 16 | Report on Facilitation for Young People's Participation on the National Children's Advisory Council | 2002 | 2003 | 14,509.00 |
| 17 | National Children's Advisory Council — Advice to the Minister for Children on Alcohol Use/Misuse by Young People | 2003 | On NCAC website 2003 | 12,404.00 |
| 18 | Dáil na nÓg Delegates Report 2003 | 2003 | 2004 | 13,496 Print costs only (Irish and English) |
| 19 | National Children's Advisory Council — Advice to the Minister for Children on Consultation with Children and Young People | 2003 | 2003 on NCAC website | Nil |
| 20 | National Children's Advisory Council-Advice to the Minister for Children on the National Play and Recreation Policy | 2003 | 2003 | Nil |
| 21 | National Children's Advisory Council-review of 2002 Monitoring Report on Implementation of the National Children's Strategy | 2003 | 2003 | Nil |
| 22 | National Children's Advisory Council End of Term Report 2001-2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 12,783.00 |
| 23 | Young Voices: Guidelines on How to involve Children and young people in your work | 2004 | 2005 | 17,498 (+ print costs €46,987) |
| 24 | Dáil na nÓg Delegate Report 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 16,379 Print cost only (Irish and English) |
| 25 | Joint Ministerial and Coiste na dTeachtaÍ Report 2005 | 2005 | 2006 | Part of National Youth Council of Ireland Dáil na nÓg 2006-2008 contract |
| 26 | Dáil na nÓg Delegate's Report 2006 | 2006 | 2006 | Part of National Youth Council of Ireland Dáil Na nÓg 2006-2008 contract |
| 27 | Report of the Task Force on Assaults on Psychiatric Nurses | 2002 | 2005 | 9,750.00 |
| 28 | The Challenges for Nursing & Midwifery, A Discussion Paper (National Taskforce on Medical Staffing — Nursing and Midwifery Steering Group) | 2002 | 2003 | 3,407.00 |
| 29 | Report of the Expert Group on Midwifery and Children's Nursing Education | 2004 | 2005 | 3,407.00 |
| 30 | Report of the Working Group to examine the development of appropriate systems to determine nursing and midwifery staffing levels | 2004 | 2005 | 4,712.00 |
| 31 | National Primary Care Steering Group Progress Report | 2004 | 2004 | 6,493.00 |
| 32 | Report of the National Working Group on the Regulation of Complementary Therapists | Working Group set up in 2003 | 2006 | 5,788 (cost of publishing report) |
| 33 | Quality & Fairness Progress Report, 2003 | 2004 | 2004 | 4,452.00 |
| 34 | Report of the National Consultative Forum (2004) Proceedings. | 2004 | 2005 | 1,440.00 The Office for Health Management (OHM) carried out this work within its existing budget on behalf of the Department. |
| 35 | Quality & Fairness Progress Report, 2004. | 2005 | 2005 | 5,883.00 |
| 36 | Quality and Fairness Progress Report 2002 | 2003 | 2003 | 3,100.00 |
| 37 | Report by the Care and Management Sub-Committee of the National AIDS Strategy Committee on HIV/STI Services in Ireland | 2004 | 2005 | 5,053.00 |
| 38 | Review of Methadone Protocol | 2004 | 2005 | 18,524.00 |
2. Published Reports Carried out by Consultants 2002 to June 2006
| Count | Name of Consultant | Name of Report | Year Commissioned | Year Published | Cost (€) |
| 1 | Deloitte & Touche | "An Evaluation of Cancer Services in Ireland" A National Strategy, 1996 | 2002 | 2003 | 133,971.00 |
| 2 | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Assessment of the 1996 Pharmacy Regulations | 2002 | 2004 | 65,400.00 |
| 3 | Prospectus Strategy Consultants | Audit of structures and Functions in the Health System (Prospectus Report) | 2002 | 2003 | 573,000.00 |
| 4 | KPMG | Review of Sheltered Workshops | 2002 | 2003 | 88,000.00 |
| 5 | Professor Hugh McKenna, Sinead Keeney, and Felicity Hasson, University of Ulster | Evaluation of the Irish Pilot Programme for the Education of Health Care Assistants | 2002 | 2003 | 76,000.00 |
| 6 | Booz/Allen/ Hamilton | Feasibility Study on a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for the island of Ireland (commissioned and jointly funded by the Department of Health and Children (DOHC) and the N.I. Department of Health | 2002 | 2004 | 64,230.00 |
| 7 | University College Dublin | Paediatric Palliative Care Needs Assessment | 2002 | 2005 | 143,887 (half of the above was funded by the Irish Hospice Foundation and the other half by the DoHC). An additional €10,235 was paid by DoHC for design, layout, translation and publication. |
| 8 | Deloitte and Touche | Review of Governance and Accountability in the General Medical Services Scheme | 2002 | 2005 | 130,584.00 |
| 9 | Kevin Bonner | Report of Mr Kevin Bonner on Monaghan General Hospital | 2002 | 2003 | 43,584.00 |
| 10 | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Review of the Proposed Regulatory Models in the Pharmacy Sector | 2002 | 2004 | 83,901.00 |
| 11 | Children's Research Centre, TCD | The Educational and Social Support Experiences of Young People in Long-Term Foster Care | 2002 | 2005 | 96,000.00 |
| 12 | Western Health Board/NUI Galway Child and Family Research and Policy Unit | Working for Children and Families Exploring Good Practice | 2002 | 2004 | 35,186.00 |
| 13 | Office for Health Management | Irish Health Service Reform Programme: Dialogue on Implementing Reform: Communication and Consultation Programme July-September 2003 | 2003 | 2003 | The Office for Health Management (OHM) carried out this work within its existing budget on behalf of the Department. Estimated cost €120,000 |
| 14 | K McKeown Limited | Men and Domestic Violence — What Research Tells Us | 2003 | 2003 | 66,000.00 |
| 15 | Capita Consulting | Review of the Guardian Ad Litem Service | 2003 | 2004 | 96,331.00 |
| 16 | Deloitte and Touche | Rostered Year Replacement Ratio Project (Nursing Degree Students) | 2003 | 2004 | 133,161.00 |
| 17 | National University of Ireland | Children's Understanding of Well-Being | 2003 | 2005 | 25,438.00 |
| 18 | Carmel Corrigan | The Development and Implementation of Child Impact Statements | 2003 | 2006 | 25,410.00 |
| 19 | Carr Communications: Irish Advocacy Network | "What We Heard" and "Speaking your Mind" — Reports on the Service User Consultation Process and the Public Consultation Process — Expert Group on Mental Health Policy | 2004 | 2004 | 169,714.00 |
| 20 | Oral Health Research Centre, Cork | A critical appraisal of and commentary on "50 Reasons to oppose fluoridation" | 2004 | 2005 | 15,529.00 |
| 21 | Capita | Evaluation of Coronary Heart Attack Ireland Register (CHAIR) | 2004 | 2004 | 64,100.00 |
| 22 | Capita | Evaluation of Heartwatch | 2004 | 2004 | 81,700.00 |
| 23 | Indecon | Position Paper on Feasibility of Introducing a Cost of Disability Payment | 2004 | 2004 | Costs covered by Health Research Board |
| 24 | Hannah Magee | Public Perceptions of Biomedical Research | 2004 | 2005 | 120,000.00 |
| 25 | Rita Burtenshaw & Associates | Report from the Evaluation of the National Health Promotion Information Project | 2004 | 2005 | 13,600.00 |
| 26 | Slick Fish Design | Review of the National Health Promotion Strategy | 2004 | 2004 | 20,000.00 |
| 27 | Children's Research Centre TCD | Second Level Student Councils in Ireland: A Study of Enablers, Barriers and Supports | 2004 | 2005 | 41,600.00 |
| 28 | Cork Institute of Technology | Young People's Views About Opportunities, Barriers and Supports to Recreation and Leisure | 2004 | 2005 (Executive Summary only) | 45,325.00 |
| 29 | Lynne Peyton | National Children's Advisory Council: Mid-term review of National Children's Strategy | 2005 | 2006 | 57,500.00 |
| 30 | Sandra Roe | Report on Public Consultation on the Development of a Recreation Policy for Young People in Ireland | 2005 | 2006 | 72,631.00 |
Other Published Reports 2002 to June 2006
| Count | Author of report | Name of Report | Year Commissioned | Year Published | Cost (€) |
| 1 | Maureen Lynott | Report of the Independent Review Panel to the Minister for Health and Children concerning the birth of Baby Bronagh Livingstone on 11 December 2002. | 2002 | 2002 | 7,841.00 |
| 2 | UCD | National Blood Strategy Implementation Group Report | 2002 | 2004 | 72,000.00 |
| 3 | George Birmingham | Ferns Report | 2003 | 2005 | 2,068,499.00 |
| 4 | Review Panel convened in 2003 | Review of circumstances surrounding the death of Róisín Ruddle | 2003 | 2005 | 150,656.00 |
| 5 | John Travers | Report on certain issues of management and administration in the Department of Health and Children associated with the practice of charges for long-stay patients in Health Board institutions (Travers Report) | 2004 | 2005 | 93,150.00 |
| 6 | Judge Maureen Harding Clarke | Lourdes Hospital Inquiry — An Inquiry into peripartum hysterectomy at Out Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda | 2004 | 2006 | 2,900,000.00 |
| 7 | Deirdre Madden | Report of Dr. Deirdre Madden on Post Mortem Practice and Procedures | 2005 | 2006 | 450,000.00 |
| 8 | E McAuliffe | Report of Consultation on the Health Act (2004) Part 9 — Complaints | 2005 | 2006 | 16,750.00 |
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