Press releases for 2012
May
- An Tánaiste and Minister for Health announce significant capital development for the National Rehabilitation Hospital on its campus in Dún Laoghaire (22 May )
- Minister Shortall launches the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing Partnership with Crimestoppers (22 May )
- Press Release by the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly TD & the Minister for Justice, Equality & Defence, Mr. Alan Shatter, TD announcing the Launch of the Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) (21 May )
- Appointment to the Board of the Irish Medicines Board (18 May )
- Statement from the Minister for Health following the HIQA report into Tallaght Hospital (17 May )
- Extension of deadline for receipt of the report of the Review Group on the National Paediatric Hospital (16 May )
- Health and Wellbeing follow up consultation documents (11 May )
- Statement from the Chief Medical Officer in relation to PIP Breast Implants (11 May )
- Appointment to the Board of the Health Research Board (11 May )
- Minister Lynch honoured to lead local Pieta House Walk (10 May )
- Minister Reilly announces publication of the Department of Health’s Statement of Strategy 2011-2014 (8 May )
April
- Phased Introduction of Free GP Care (25 April )
- Appointment to the Board of the Dublin Dental Hospital (24 April )
- Expressions of interest sought to fill a vacancy on the Voluntary Health Insurance Board – April 2012 (20 April )
- Appointment to the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (20 April )
- Final Report of the National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee (19 April )
- Appointment of new Secretary General in the Department of Health (17 April )
- Launch of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey 2010 (16 April )
- Appointment of Chairperson and members to the Board of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) (13 April )
- Minister Lynch Announces New Appointments to the Mental Health Commission (5 April )
- Minister Lynch welcomes the publication of the Mental Health Commission’s Annual Report for 2011 (4 April )
- Press Statement - Monday, 2nd April, 2012 (2 April )
March
- Minister sets out new policy direction for public hospitals (30 March )
- Meeting of group to review decision by An Bord Pleanála on National Paediatric Hospital (29 March )
- Minister Reilly announces funding of €150,000 to the Irish Kidney Association to promote their Donor Awareness Service (26 March )
- Appointment as Board Member of the Health Information and Quality Authority (23 March )
- Minister Reilly announces roll out of the Diploma in Leadership and Quality in Healthcare Programme (22 March )
- Changes to the Board of the HSE (16 March )
- Announcement of the composition of the Review Group into the National Paediatric Hospital (16 March )
- Acute Medicine Programme To Target Savings of 500,000 Bed days used (15 March )
- Membership of the Board of the Mental Health Commission (14 March )
- Removal of Restrictions on GPs Wishing to Treat Public Patients (12 March )
- Free GP care for persons with defined long-term illnesses (8 March )
- Minister acknowledges work done to control the spread of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs) (8 March )
- Review Group to consider the decision of an Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for the National Paediatric Hospital (6 March )
- Interdepartmental Group to examine the issue of people with mental illness coming into contact with the criminal justice system. (5 March )
- Department of Health statement on the Private Health Insurance Levy (2 March )
February
- Appointments to the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (29 February )
- ECJ Case 82/10 VHI Derogation from Third Non Life Directive. Receipt of Formal Notice from the European Commission (27 February )
- The Consultative Forum on Health Insurance (27 February )
- Minister for Health announces the Establishment of an Implementation Group on Universal Health Insurance (24 February )
- Launch of the Action Plan for Jobs (13 February )
- Appointments to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (10 February )
- His Excellency President Michael D Higgins opens the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (9 February )
- Minister for Health officially opens second Annual Patient Safety Conference (9 February )
- Chief Medical Officer ask doctors to participate in the public debate on alcohol (8 February )
- Launch of the report of the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group (7 February )
January
- Minister addresses first all-island alcohol conference (26 January )
- Reform works - More on the way (25 January )
- Special Delivery Unit & National Treatment Purchase Fund (25 January )
- Expressions of interest sought for vacancies on the Voluntary Health Insurance Board (20 January )
- Government Responds to European Court of Justice judgement relating to the Voluntary Health Insurance Board (VHI) (20 January )
- Plan for Implementation of EWTD in Ireland - Doctors in Training (17 January )
- Minister Róisín Shortall welcomes first phase in extension of free GP care to all in the HSE National Service Plan 2012 (16 January )
- Minister Reilly welcomes publication of HSE National Service Plan 2012 (16 January )
- Health Minister approves HSE Annual Service Plan 2012 (13 January )
- Minister Reilly announces additional funding to address needs of children with Autism (13 January )
- Expert Group established to examine A, B and C v Ireland Judgment (13 January )
- Minister Kathleen Lynch pays tribute to John McCarthy (11 January )
- Statement from the Chief Medical Officer in relation to PIP Silicone Gel Breast Implants (6 January )
- Government announces measures to improve affordability of Private Health Insurance for Older People (4 January )
- Minister Lynch welcomes the reopening of Unit 3B St Brendan’s, Grangegorman (4 January )
