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News for 2006

December

• Government regrets BUPA's decision to leave the Irish market (14 December )
• Minister Harney Announces Publication of Health Bill 2006 (14 December )
• Minister Announces Fair Deal on Long-Term Nursing Home Care (11 December )
• Minister of State Power announces date from which sale of cigarettes in packs of less than 20 will be prohibited (8 December )
• Minister O’Malley announces additional €25 million funding for mental health services (7 December )
• Minister for Health & Children announces €395m to prioritise new health services for older people, people with disabilities, and in mental health (7 December )

November

• New hospital units and older people high priorities in €14.5bn health funding 2007 (16 November )
• Statement by Mary Harney, T.D., Minister for Health and Children, on the Publication of The Leas Cross Report (10 November )

October

• Minister for Children signs the Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 2006 (9 October )

September

• Statement from the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, on the report into the death of Mr Patrick Joe Walsh. (7 September)

July

• Tanaiste welcomes Health Sectoral Plan (21 July )
• Submissions sought on draft legislation to replace the Medical Practitioners Acts (18 July )
• Tánaiste welcomes major improvement in hospital hygiene (13 July )
• Submissions concerning the ban on packets of cigarettes containing less than 20 cigarettes (6 July )

June

• Request for Submissions - Official Languages Act 2003: Preparation of a draft scheme (29 June )
• Tánaiste announces increase in means test for GP Visit Card (26 June )
• Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, T.D. announces Strategy for Cancer Control 2006 (12 June )
• Public consultation on Regulation EC No. 258/97 on novel foods and novel food ingredients (9 June )

May

• Submissions sought on the extension of prescriptive authority to nurses and midwives (12 May )

April

• Submissions sought on legislation to establish the Health Information and Quality Authority incorporating the Office of the Chief Inspector of Social Services (6 April )

March

• Minister for Children announces almost €12 million in additional grants for the development and support of the childcare sector (24 March )
• National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 - 2010 (20 March )
• Tánaiste announces new National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre in Cork University Hospital (8 March )
• Tánaiste launches Report of the Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death (2 March )

February

• Publication of Lourdes Hospital Inquiry (28 February )
• Pandemic Flu Planning - Purchase of H5N1 Vaccine (24 February )
• ICA Supports Campaign to Tackle Obesity (22 February )
• Government Announces €200 million package of reforms of Medical Education and Training (1 February )

January

• Launch of the Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy (24 January )
• Avian Influenza and the Threat of a Human Influenza Pandemic (20 January )
• Publication of Report of Dr Deirdre Madden on Post Mortem Practice and Procedures (18 January )
• Casemix Budget Adjustments (16 January )