Written answers
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Department of Health and Children
Health Services
8:00 am
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the existence of a group of influential persons who were advising the Health Service Executive south on the reconfiguration of services; the status of this group and the extent to which its views determine the delivery of services to the users of the public health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25900/10]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I am aware that in order 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 healthcare fields. Its purpose is to support and advise the HSE as appropriate in relation to the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in the region and to bring practical experience to bear from outside the health field. The advisory board members receive no remuneration for their participation and give their time and advice voluntarily. The board is purely advisory, and has no executive or decision-making functions.
I welcome the fact that senior people from a range of disciplines are willing to offer a fresh perspective on important issues in health care. 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 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, HSE South |
| 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 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 Irish Government member of the Enterprise Advisory Group established to advise on the implementation of enterprise strategy for Ireland Member of he 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 Valu 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 President of the European Surgical Association. |
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