Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of bodies to which he has the authority to appoint board members. [7018/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I have statutory authority under the legislation which established the following agencies to make appointments to their boards. In some cases I have nominating rights for board members. In others I make the appointments on the nomination of other bodies, in accordance with the establishing legislation.

Beaumont Hospital Board.

Consultative Council on Hepatitis C.

Dental Council.

Dieticians Registration Board.

Dublin Dental Hospital Board.

Food Safety Authority of Ireland and its Scientific Committee.

Health and Social Care Professionals Council.

Health Information and Quality Authority.

Health Insurance Authority.

Health Research Board.

Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal.

Irish Blood Transfusion Service.

Irish Medicines Board and its Advisory Committee for Veterinary Medicines, Advisory Committee on Medical Devices and National Committee for the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes.

Leopardstown Park Hospital Board.

Medical Council.

Mental Health Commission.

National Cancer Registry Board.

National Haemophilia Council.

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board.

National Treatment Purchase Fund.

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

Occupational Therapists Registration Board.

Opticians Board.

Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.

Physiotherapists Registration Board.

Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council.

Radiographers Registration Board.

St James’s Hospital Board.

Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board.

Social Workers Registration Board.

Tallaght Hospital Board.

Voluntary Health Insurance Board.

In addition, in my role as Minister for Health, I have made appointments to the following non statutory Boards, which have been established as part of the Health Reform agenda:

Children’s Hospital Group Board

Dublin East Hospital Group Board

Dublin Midlands Hospital Group Board

Dublin North-East Hospital Group Board

South/Southwest Hospital Group Board

University of Limerick Hospital Group Board

West/Northwest Hospital Group Board.