Press releases for 1999
December
- Statement regarding meeting between Minister for Health and Children and Parents for Justice (22 December )
- Statement regarding meeting between Minister for Health and Children and Parents for Justice (16 December )
- Minister publishes new Mental Health Bill (14 December )
November
- Launch of Institute of Public Health (22 November )
- Mater / Temple St. Development Gets The Green Light (22 November )
- Fahey calls for public submissions on the National Children´s Strategy (18 November )
- Year 2000 Health Estimate (11 November )
- Statement regarding nurses strike ballot (10 November )
- Annual Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals (5 November )
- Cowen welcomes decison of Nursing Unions to accept Labour Court Recommendations (5 November )
October
- Minister for Health and Children approves the purchase of the site of the Meath Hospital (21 October )
- Ireland-Northern Ireland-NCI Cancer Consortium established (3 October )
- Ireland-Northern Ireland-NCI Cancer Consortium established (3 October )
October
- Minister for Health and Children approves the purchase of the site of the Meath Hospital (21 October )
- Ireland-Northern Ireland-NCI Cancer Consortium established (3 October )
- Ireland-Northern Ireland-NCI Cancer Consortium established (3 October )
September
- Cowen delighted at record number of new nursing students (29 September)
- Cowen disappointed by rejection of Labour Court recommendation on nurses pay (22 September)
- Minister announces main features of new Mental Health Bill (22 September)
- Launch of Children First (21 September)
- key proposals in the White Paper on Health Insurance (16 September)
- Cowen publishes policy on private health insurance (16 September)
- Fahey welcomes new agreement on inter-country adoption with Thailand (13 September)
- Publication of Green Paper on Abortion (10 September)
- Report of the Irish Medicines Board to the Minister for Health and Children on the Blood Transfusion Service Board for the year 1998 (9 September)
August
June
- Drugs Payment Scheme (30 June )
- Chief Executive of new Health Authority Appointed (28 June )
- Cowen gives go-ahead for new eye scheme (28 June )
May
April
- Update regarding cervical screening (15 April )
- Partnership in the health service (14 April )
- Cervical Screening Problem in the North Western Health Board (14 April )
