| Field |
Content |
| Division: |
National Human Resource and Workforce Planning |
| Unit: |
Medical and Dental |
| Head: |
Joseph Cregan |
| Functions: |
- Legislative and regulatory issues affecting medical and dental practitioners, including implementation of Medical Practitioners Act 2007.
- Industrial relations issues relating to medical and dental practitioners, including contractual arrangements for medical consultants and non-consultant hospital doctors.
- Medical education and training policy.
- Workforce planning for medical staff.
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| Primary Legislation: |
- Medical Practitioners Act, 1978
- Dentists Act, 1985
- Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 1993
- Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2000
- Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2002
- Medical Practitioners Act, 2007
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007
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| Bodies under aegis of DoHC: |
Medical Council
Health Service Executive
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| Key Publications: |
- Medical Education in Ireland: A New Direction (Fottrell Report)
- Preparing Ireland's Doctors to meet the Health Needs of the 21st Century (Buttimer Report)
- Report of the National Task Force on Medical Staffing
- Report of the National Implementation Group (NIG) – European Working Time Directive & Non Consultant Hospital Doctors
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| Working Groups: |
- Inter-Departmental Policy Steering Group on Medical Education and Training
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| Record Classes: |
N/A |
| Information Routinely Published: |
None |
| Significant Systems: |
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| Personal Information Holdings: |
None |
| Purpose: |
N/A |
| Disclosees: |
N/A |
| Notes: including info an admin access practice, Ebriefs etc.: |
None |
