I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 18 together.
There are 39 statutory bodies under the aegis of my Department of which nine are advisory bodies. There are no non-statutory advisory bodies under the aegis of my Department.
1. The statutory bodies currently under the aegis of my Department are as follows:
Eastern Health Board
Midland Health Board
Mid-Western Health Board
North-Eastern Health Board
North-Western Health Board
South-Eastern Health Board
Southern Health Board
Western Health Board
An Bord Altranais
Beaumont Hospital Board
Blood Transfusion Service Board
Board for the Employment of the Blind
Bord na Radharcmhastóirí
Comhairle na Nimheanna
Comhairle na nOspidéal
Cork Hospitals Board
Cork Voluntary Hospitals Board
Dublin Dental Hospital Board
Food Advisory Committee
Health Education Bureau
Hospital Bodies Administrative Bureau
Hospitals Joint Services Board
Hospitals Trust Board
Leopardstown Park Hospital Board
National Council for the Aged
National Drugs Advisory Board
National Health Council
National Rehabilitation Board
National Social Services Board
Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board
St. James's Hospital Board
St. Laurence's Hospital Board
St. Luke's Hospital Board
Tallaght Hospital Board
The Dental Council
The Medical Council
The James Connolly Memorial Hospital Board
The Therapeutic Substances Advisory Committee
Voluntary Health Insurance Board
Of these the following are advisory bodies:
Comhairle na Nimheanna
Food Advisory Committee
Health Education Bureau
National Council for the Aged
National Drugs Advisory Board
National Health Council
National Social Services Board
Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board
The Therapeutic Substances Advisory Committee.
2. The total number of persons other than civil servants appointed by me to these bodies is 395.
3. The number of such persons whose current address is outside the State is 1.
4. The Deputy has also requested information in relation to the number of such persons with current addresses within each separate county in the State. With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I will circulate in the Official Report a tabular statement giving these details.
Body
|
Carlow
|
Cavan
|
Clare
|
Cork
|
Donegal
|
Dublin
|
Galway
|
Kildare
|
Kilkenny
|
Kerry
|
Laois
|
Leitrim
|
Limerick
|
Louth
|
Longford
|
Mayo
|
Meath
|
Monaghan
|
Offaly
|
Roscommon
|
Sligo
|
Tipperary
|
Waterford
|
Westmeath
|
Wexford
|
Wicklow
|
Eastern Health Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Midland Health Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Mid-Western Health Board
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North-Eastern Health Board
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North-Western Health Board
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
South-Eastern Health Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
Southern Health Board
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Health Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An Bord Altranais
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Beaumont Hospital Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blood Transfusion Service Board
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Board for the Employment of the Blind
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bord na Radharcmhastóirí
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
Comhairle na Nimheanna
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
|
Comhairle na nOspidéal
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
12
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
Cork Hospital Board
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dublin Dental Hospital Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Food Advisory Committee
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
8
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health Education Bureau
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hospital Bodies Administrative Bureau
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hospitals Joint Services Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hospitals Trust Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leopardstown Park Hospital Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
National Council for the Aged
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
National Drugs Advisory Board
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
8
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
National Health Council
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
19
|
1
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
National Rehabilitation Board
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
National Social Services Board
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
12
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
St. James's Hospital Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Laurence's Hospital Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Luke's Hospital Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tallaght Hospital Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Dental Council
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
The Medical Council
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
13
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Voluntary Health Insurance Board
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|