Press releases for 2001
December
- Hanafin announces further increase in Foster Care Allowance (28 December )
- Hanafin says Sufficient Places Available for Young Homeless (27 December )
- Minister Martin highlights ongoing success in filling non-consultant hospital doctor posts (20 December )
- Minister Martin announces establishment of the National Committee on Breastfeeding (20 December )
- Minister Martin provides £27m capital boost to Our Lady´s Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin (20 December )
- Minister Martin provides £27m capital boost to Our Lady´s Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin (20 December )
- Hanafin allocates £1 million to projects for Children at risk (20 December )
- Minister Martin publishes hospital waiting list figures for september 2001 (19 December )
- Financial Assistance for Special Olympics Ireland (18 December )
- Launch of the Development Control Plan for the Mater & Children´s Hospital Development (18 December )
- Hanafin reaffirms commitment to the provision of High Support and Special Care places for children in need of special care or protection (17 December )
- Hanafin launches final Springboard evaluation report (13 December )
- "Keep Fathers in the Family Picture" - Hanafin launches Report on Fathers (13 December )
- Hanafin outlines an extra €46 million for child protection and welfare services for 2002 (11 December )
- Hanafin tells Health Boards to meet their obligations to children in care (7 December )
- Inaugural meeting of Crisis Pregnancy Agency (6 December )
- Budget Delivers Further Funding Boost for Health (5 December )
November
- Report on Antenatal HIV Screening in Ireland published (30 November )
- National Alcohol Strategy Task Force Announced By Minister For Health (30 November )
- Children in Ireland Report Presented to UNICEF (28 November )
- New model of primary care will give people the services they want (28 November )
- Health Strategy Statistics on Heart Health an Unwelcome Surprise, says Minister (27 November )
- New Health Strategy to focus on people, quality, fairness (26 November )
- Health Ministers open new Food Safety Promotion Board Headquarters (24 November )
- Minister welcomes additional €894m (IR£704m) for Health Services (15 November )
- Hanafin launches Special Residential Services Board (15 November )
- Hanafin Addresses EU Ministers for Children (9 November )
- Minister appoints lawyer to consider steps open to State to investigate multi-national pharmaceutical companies (8 November )
- 3,000 Blood Donations needed each week (4 November )
- Adoption - An Option? - Hanafin (3 November )
- Hanafin appeals for more Foster Carers (3 November )
- Minister announces Degree Level Education for Nurses (1 November )
- "Legislating for a Tobacco Free Society" - Minister hosts international conference (1 November )
October
- Hanafin Launches Youth Homelessness Strategy (31 October )
- Minister Martin highlights developments in the recruitment of Nurses (23 October )
- Minister Martin announces significant reduction in cases of Meningococcal Disease (23 October )
- Government action on child begging (18 October )
- Minister issues protocol for dealing with suspected anthrax attack (17 October )
- Minister Martin announces £65 million Cardiac development for Cork University Hospital (15 October )
- Minister announces the establishment of Coronary Heart Attack Ireland Register (CHAIR) National Steering Group (14 October )
- Minister Martin Announces £75,000 for Pilot Project for Treatment of Alcohol Problems in General Practice (10 October )
- Framework Document for College Alcohol Policy launched (9 October )
- Hanafin announces review of child care (pre-school services)regulations (6 October )
- Minister launches Report on Palliative Care (4 October )
- Minister announces establishment of New Crisis Pregnancy Agency (2 October )
- Hanafin Launches Internet Safety Initiatives (1 October )
- Minister Martin provides funding for purchase of Portiuncula (1 October )
September
- Minister Martin publishes hospital waiting list figures for June 2001 (28 September)
- Provision of Iodine Tablets in the event of a nuclear accident (27 September)
- Martin launches Influenza Immunisation Campaign (26 September)
- Hanafin highlights Government support for teenage parents (26 September)
- Martin welcomes first Evaluation Report on the General Practice Out of Hours Pilot Projects (24 September)
- Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer (19 September)
- Minister launches Health Research Strategy (18 September)
- National Day of Mourning (13 September)
- Special U.N. Assembly On Children postponed due to New York atrocity (13 September)
- Minister publishes Annual Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals (11 September)
- Contractors appointed for Rotunda Hospital £6million Development Programme (10 September)
- Minister launches new National Standards for Children´s Residential Centres (10 September)
- Minister appoints new Chairman to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (6 September)
- Minister convenes historic first Dáil na nÓg (5 September)
August
- Hanafin to announce Ireland-Philippines agreement on Inter-Country Adoption (27 August )
- Breastcheck - and the shortage of Radiographers (13 August )
- Publication of the new Public Health (Tobacco) Bill, 2001 (1 August )
- Hanafin highlights social work initiatives to address shortages (1 August )
July
- 66 Family Support Workers made permanent - Hanafin (31 July )
- Minister announces changes to hospital services in Cork (30 July )
- Minister expresses surprise at reports in relation to hospital developments (26 July )
- Minister announces further £8.9 million allocation of 2001 Waiting List initiative funding (26 July )
- Assistance to Planning and Management of Special Olympics 2003 (25 July )
- Minister launches report on future supply and demand for Physiotherapists, Occupational, and Speech and Language Therapists (25 July )
- MRI Scanner for Waterford Regional Hospital (19 July )
- Minister approves £45 million hospital development for Longford/Westmeath (19 July )
- Martin rejects criticism of Tobacco Policy (17 July )
- Minister opens new £2.7million units in Children´s Hospital (17 July )
- Northern Ireland Ministers meet in Dublin to discuss new Children´s Strategy in Northern Ireland (16 July )
- Hanafin urges parents to supervise internet access by children (16 July )
- Department of Health and Children advocates safe fun in the sun (16 July )
- Minister Martin announces changes to Childhood Immunisation Programme (13 July )
- Minister launches Phase 2 of Alcohol Awareness Campaign (10 July )
- Minister announces provision of additional revenue funding of £4m to Health Boards (6 July )
- Minister outlines progress in tracing recipients of out of date polio vaccine (4 July )
- Minister Hanafin launches new survey on childcare (3 July )
June
- Historic new child legislation passes (29 June )
- NCHD Rotations, 1st July 2001 (29 June )
- Automatic eligibility for Medical Cards for those aged 70 and over (28 June )
- Minister Martin announces 23% reduction in hospital waiting list figures for the first quarter of 2001 (28 June )
- "People must be given the opportunity to develop health and social services," say Health Ministers (28 June )
- Jamie Bulger killers would not be charged under new Children Bill (26 June )
- Minister Martin gives go ahead for theatre re-furbishment at the City of Dublin Skin & Cancer Hospital (26 June )
- Minister announces plans to regulate complementary therapists (20 June )
- Statement by Minister Moffatt for Irish Aids Day (15 June )
- Government accepts major foster care recommendations (12 June )
- Minister Martin gives go-ahead for a major capital re-development at St. Vincent´s Hospital, Dublin (7 June )
- Hanafin announces appointment of Information and Advice Officers for Child Protection and Welfare (6 June )
May
- Minister launches new institute to study smoking (31 May )
- Hanafin welcomes Court initiative (31 May )
- Minister Martin hears students´ concerns about smoking on the eve of World No Tobacco Day (30 May )
- Hanafin praises multi-purpose cross-border initiative for children (29 May )
- Progress in education and health supports for children with ADHD / HKD - Hanafin (26 May )
- Minister Martin refutes Deputy Mitchell´s erroneous claims on bed closures (25 May )
- Hanafin brings national children´s strategy to local communities in Dun Laoghaire (25 May )
- Hanafin announces new draft legislation on adoption information (24 May )
- Physical activity the way to good health say Ministers (23 May )
- Hanafin announces major boost for research (22 May )
- Meningitis C Programme (22 May )
- Minister Mary Hanafin brings National Children´s Strategy to Galway (18 May )
- Hanafin Launches National Children´s Advisory Council (15 May )
- Senior Nurses launch All-Ireland Vision of Public Health (11 May )
- ´National Play and Recreation Plan To Bring A Hop, Skip and Jump´ (4 May )
- Minister announces £3million equipment grant for Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin (2 May )
- Ministers Martin and de Brún welcome All-Ireland Report on Cancer (1 May )
April
- Minister Martin denies reduction in expenditure on GMS Scheme (30 April )
- New Package for Social Care Professionals (27 April )
- Minister Hanafin Launches ´Keeping Children Safe´ (24 April )
- Minister addresses National Health Strategy Consultative Forum (23 April )
- Minister Hanafin meets Thai Adoption Authorities (12 April )
- Minister supports Health Board in establishing high-support hostel at Lispopple, Co. Dublin (11 April )
- Upgrading of On-Call Hospital Accommodation (6 April )
- Minister welcomes Government Decisions on Report of Non Consultant Hospital Doctors’ Working Hours and Report of Medical Manpower Forum (3 April )
- Minister Martin signals progress on new Health Strategy (3 April )
March
- Minister Martin perturbed by recent reports on accommodation for nurses from the Philippines (28 March )
- Minister Martin announces Phase 2 of the Meningitis C Programme (20 March )
- Irish Medicines Board Appointments (12 March )
- Minister Martin welcomes further drop in hospital waiting lists (9 March )
- Membership of Health Insurance Authority (8 March )
- Circular letter FMD (No 2) on Precautionary Measures to be taken by all Health Service Agencies in relation to the Prevention of Food and Mouth Disease (2 March )
- National Health Strategy Consultative Forum is postponed by Minister Martin (2 March )
- Minister Hanafin receives First Report of Working Group on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1 March )
- Minister Martin issues statement to health care workers on Foot and Mouth Disease (1 March )
February
- Minister of State, Dr Tom Moffatt urges older people to keep warm and wrap up during cold spell (28 February )
- Approval for the Drafting of a New "Public Health and Tobacco Bill" (28 February )
- Martin issues Report on Use of Three-in-One Vaccine (27 February )
- Statement by Minister for Children on Social Services Inspectorate Report on Newtown House (26 February )
- Hanafin brings national children’s strategy to local communities (23 February )
- Hanafin brings national children’s strategy to local communities (23 February )
- Minister Micheál Martin Launches National Alcohol Awareness campaign (14 February )
- New Nurse Recruitment Initiative to benefit State Enrolled Nurses (14 February )
- Minister Martin to waive legal privilege in respect of lindsay tribunal documents (9 February )
- Minister Martin to waive legal privilege in respect of lindsay tribunal documents (8 February )
- Children’s Lives will be Better Understood (7 February )
- Comhairle na nOspideal Appointments (5 February )
- Joint Statement on the issue of "A Guideline for Transfusion of Red Cells in Surgical Patients" prepared by the National Blood Users Group (5 February )
- Minister Martin provides funding for purchase of St. Joseph’s Private Hospital by the ERHA (1 February )
January
- Martin launches Management Development Programmes for Nurse and Midwife Managers (31 January )
- Martin Responds to Ombudsman’s Report on the Nursing Home Subvention Scheme (30 January )
- Martin Welcomes Reduced Hours for Doctors (30 January )
- Minister Martin announces sponsorship for the Irish Masters Snooker Tournament (30 January )
- Hanafin launches study of young single mothers (27 January )
- Minister for Children, Mary Hanafin TD, launches Parents Plus, Families and Adolescents Programme (25 January )
- Minister Martin launches Nursing Education Forum Report (24 January )
- Minister Martin refutes newspaper reports on threatened hospital closures (22 January )
- Statement on use of polio vaccine after expiry date (21 January )
- Minister for Children, Mary Hanafin, opens conference on Mood Swings, Depression and Suicidal Behaviour in Young People (18 January )
- Hanafin Says UK Adoption Case Would Be Breaking Irish Laws (17 January )
- Minister announces upgrade for Dialysis Unit at Beaumont Hospital (15 January )
- Press Statement from General Register Office (11 January )
- Minister Martin further clarifies 'Medical Certificates of Cause of Death' issue (10 January )
- Minister Moffatt refutes criticisms of the effect of Winter Initiative on Older People (9 January )
