Written answers
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Department of Health and Children
Hospital Services
10:30 am
Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a group exists, appointed by her, which consults on the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in the Cork area; if she will name the appointees to that consultative group and the number of times they have met; if they have submitted any report to either herself or the Health Service Executive; furthermore, if she will outline its reporting mechanisms to her and to the Health Service Executive. [22215/10]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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To support the reconfiguration of acute hospitals in Cork and Kerry, a non-executive advisory board was established by the HSE in September 2009. The board has 17 members, drawn from business, education and health care fields. Its purpose is to support and advise the HSE as appropriate in relation to the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in the region. The board has met on five occasions, twice in 2009 and three times in 2010. The board members receive no remuneration for their participation in this board and give their time and advice freely. The HSE indicates that the membership of the advisory board is as follows:
| Mr Micheal O 'Flynn - Chairman Board Member of the Children's Medical & Research Foundation, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin Chairman of the Cork Friends of Crumlin |
| Mr Brendan Tuohy - former Secretary General of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 2007. He is currently: Chairman of the UN body, the Global eSchools and Communities Initiative, Chairman of the National Maritime College of Ireland Advisory Board, Chairman of the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing and Chairman of the Board of the Dublin Region Higher Education Alliance, |
| Mr Padraig O'Riordan – Managing Partner, Arthur Cox Solicitors |
| Mr Des Murphy - Chair of Mercy University Hospital Board and managing partner Carroll Murphy Quantity surveyors |
| Mr Pat Lyons - Chief Executive of Bon Secours Health System |
| Mr Pat Healy – Regional Director of Operations |
| Mr Paul Breen - Chairman Board of Governors Athlone Institute of Technology |
| Prof Geraldine McCarthy - Professor and Head of the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC Member of Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Member of Fulbright Commission. |
| Prof Cillian Twomey - retired consultant physician in geriatric medicine, Currently Chairman of the National Steering Committee of the Hospital friendly Hospitals (HfH) Programme . Former president of IMO and President of the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (European Union of Medical Specialists) |
| Mr Sean O'Driscoll - CEO Glen Dimplex Member of the UCC President's Consultative Board and the Irish Government member of the Enterprise Advisory Group established to advice on the implementation of enterprise strategy for Ireland, and the high-level Group overseeing implementation of Ireland's Asia Strategy. |
| Mr Kevin Kenny - Tax Partner, Ernst & Young |
| Mr Michael Hall - Chair of South Infirmary Victoria Hospital Board |
| Dr Paddy Crowley - General Practitioner |
| Mr Donal Horgan - Managing Director of Musgrave, Super Value Centra, Musgrave Group plc, |
| Dr. Michael Murphy – President UCC |
| Mr Aidan O'Brien - Horse Racing Trainer |
| Prof Gerry O Sullivan - Professor of Surgery and Director of Cork Cancer centre, Former President of Royal College of Surgeons and President of the European Surgical Association. |
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