Press releases for 2002
December
- Radio and public notice advertising campaign - Internet safety awareness (23 December )
- Publication of Report into the death of baby Bronagh Livingstone (20 December )
- Closure of General Register Office and the Superintendent Registrar's Office (20 December )
- Statement From Micheál Martin TD, following his meeting with Parents For Justice (18 December )
- Meningitis Awareness Campaign (12 December )
- Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Health and Children launches Access Ireland's Refugee Integration Project (11 December )
- Micheál Martin, T.D. Minister for Health & Children Launches Report of the Benzodiazepine Committee and Good Practice Guidelines for Clinicians (10 December )
- Lenihan launches Fingal Area Childcare Plan (6 December )
- Significant reductions in the number of patients waiting longest for hospital treatment (3 December )
- Announcement by Micheal Martin TD, Minister for Health and Children following the publication of the 2003 Estimates (3 December )
- New Unit for Children with Special Needs at Stewarts Hospital, Palmerstown (3 December )
- Minister for Health and Children welcomes EU Proposals for a Directive on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship (3 December )
November
- Minister O´Malley Officially Opens Schizophrenia Ireland Conference (29 November )
- Alcohol Abuse May Be Contributing To Suicide Deaths - Minister O´Malley (29 November )
- Callely outlines Government´s record on older people (27 November )
- Minister Lenihan launches the ´Civic Participation - Young Dubliners Speak Out´ educational resource pack on behalf of Dublin City Development Board (25 November )
- Minister O´Malley presents certificates at the Healthcare Assistants Course Graduation Ceremony (21 November )
- Think Before you Drink - Alcohol Awareness Campaign (20 November )
- Minister Callely Calls for United Effort to Combat Abuse of Elderly (19 November )
- Minister O´Malley Opens Newly Refurbished office for the Samaritans (19 November )
- Callely addresses Independent Doctors Forum (18 November )
- Minister O´Malley Addresses the GROW Conference (18 November )
- Minister for Children Brian Lenihan TD Opens "Leaving Care - Are You Ready?" Conference (15 November )
- Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Health and Children announces Health Estimate 2003 (14 November )
- Minister launches Report on Regulation of Practitioners of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Ireland (14 November )
- Tim O´Malley T.D., Minister of State - Award Presentation of the Ninth ICA Healthy Eating Recipe Competition (14 November )
- Minister O´Malley addresses the Post Natal Depression seminar (14 November )
- Minister Callely addresses the "Out and About" Conference (13 November )
- Minister welcomes progress on 70% of targets for National Health Strategy at Consultative Forum (11 November )
- Minister Martin publishes Hospital Waiting List Figures for the Second Quarter of 2002 (7 November )
- Minister Martin launches Action Plan for People Management - a key deliverable from the Health Strategy (7 November )
- Minister O´Malley launches "Promoting Mental Health & Social Well-being : Cross-border Opportunities and Challenges" (6 November )
- Minister Lenihan launches Prevention, What works for Children and Adolescents? (5 November )
- Callely says Prevention is the best firefighter - Fire Safety Week - 2002 launched (4 November )
- Lenihan opens Ulysses Multidisciplinary Pain Management Rehabilitation Programme (1 November )
October
- Opening of Quality Assurance in Nursing Association Conference (31 October )
- Minister Launches On-Line Service For Eating Disorders (30 October )
- Minister Martin stresses commitment to Primary Care Strategy (24 October )
- Lenihan launches revised Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland (23 October )
- Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Health and Children announces the establishment of the Inquiry into the handling of Allegations of Child Sex Abuse in the Diocese of Ferns (23 October )
- Minister Callely Launches An Bord Altranais E-Learning Initiative (22 October )
- Minister O´Malley addresses the Conference on Rehabilitation Services in Ireland - The Way Forward (22 October )
- O´Malley addresses Pharmaceutical Society´s Annual Conference (21 October )
- Environmental Health Services Conference addressed by Minister O´Malley (18 October )
- Micheál Martin, Minister for Health and Children welcomes BreastCheck´s Annual Report (16 October )
- Acute Chest Pain Seminar (15 October )
- Lenihan launches the Evaluation Report on the Pilot Teen Parents Support Projects (15 October )
- Callely launches the Homefirst Project (14 October )
- Minister Ivor Callely addresses Health Council meeting in Luxembourg on Tobacco Advertising (14 October )
- Lenihan Hosts 2002 Dáil Na Nóg (11 October )
- Minister O´Malley launches Pro-Teen Matters (9 October )
- Minister Martin announces Ten Primary Care Projects (9 October )
- Minister O´Malley launches the first Annual Report of the National Parasuicide Registry (8 October )
- Minister O´Malley addresses the Irish Psychiatric Association´s Annual Conference (4 October )
- Lenihan opens Family Support Conference (4 October )
- Minister Opens National Conference On Breastfeeeding (4 October )
- Breastfeeding protects against obesity and high blood pressure (3 October )
- Comments by Mr. Brian Lenihan, T.D., at inaugural meeting of the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board (3 October )
- Breastfed babies are more intelligent (2 October )
- Minister Martin launches National Treatment Purchase Fund Patient Information Booklet (2 October )
- National Breastfeeding Week 1st - 7th October 2002 (1 October )
September
- Minister launches First Steps Project (30 September)
- Lenihan launches National Breastfeeding Week (30 September)
- Minister approves Construction A&E Department Cork University Hospital (30 September)
- Lenihan launches Epilepsy Educational Video (27 September)
- Callely opens North South Technology Seminar (26 September)
- Ivor Callely TD, Minister of State presents awards to Blood Donors (25 September)
- Minister O´Malley welcomes Report of the National Suicide Review Group (25 September)
- Minister Lenihan opens Bright Horizons Early Childhood Care and Education Centre (25 September)
- Minister addresses conference on "What works best with troubled children" (24 September)
- Lenihan launches €600,000 Youth Advocacy Programme (23 September)
- Minister Micheál Martin launches Influenza Immunisation Campaign 2002 - 2003 (23 September)
- Amalgamated Maternity Department at Cork University Hospital (23 September)
- New Chest Pain Clinic at Cork University Hospital (23 September)
- Minister welcomes report on Ballydowd Special Care Unit (20 September)
- Minister Tim O´Malley opens Seminar on The Economics of Tobacco Control (19 September)
- Minister Lenihan speaks at "Beyond Borders - Protecting Children" Conference (19 September)
- O´Malley publishes Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals (12 September)
- Martin launches "Towards Workforce Planning" - a report to ensure future supply of nurses (11 September)
- Capital Development at Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital, Clontarf, Dublin (11 September)
- Minister Martin Launches the Report of the Forum on Fluoridation (10 September)
- Minister Martin´s statement on the Lindsay Tribunal Report (5 September)
August
- Statement in regard to meeting with Western Health Board (23 August )
- Statement by Minister for Children Brian Lenihan TD (20 August )
- Statement from Mr Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Health and Children (16 August )
- Minister for Health and Children welcomes return to full service at Waterford and Tullamore Hospitals and the return to talks by the IMO (16 August )
- Minister for Health and Children calls for talks at the LRC to be reconvened in the interests of patient care (13 August )
- Statement by the Minister for Health and Children concerning BCG vaccine (13 August )
- Statement from Dept of Health and Children (12 August )
- Bermingham report received (6 August )
- Lenihan approves Health Board plans to combat Youth Homelessness (1 August )
July
- Minister O´Malley visits mental health and disability facilities in the limerick clare region (31 July )
- €140m Major Capital Development at Tullamore General Hospital - 72 extra beds in new hospital (30 July )
- Minister announces 850 beds under Public Private Partnership in the Health Sector (29 July )
- Ivor Callely, T.D., Minister for Services for Older People visits Cork Facilities (25 July )
- Lenihan in London for talks over suspension of adoptions from Belarus (24 July )
- Minister announces contract for the construction of a new 150 Bedded Maternity Unit at Cork University Hospital (23 July )
- Health System Audit underway as part of the implementation of the National Health Strategy (22 July )
- Statement by the Minister for Health and Children re VHI Increase (22 July )
- Statement from Minister for Health and Children in respect of certain charges (22 July )
- Official Opening of Clonmethan Lodge, Oldtown, Co Dublin (9 July )
- Callely opens Lusk Community Nursing Unit (8 July )
- Martin announces MRI facility for Our Lady´s Hospital for Sick Children (8 July )
- Minister Lenihan announces commencement of AIRR Project (5 July )
- Statement by the Minister for Health and Children concerning the recall of one batch of BCG vaccine (5 July )
- Minister Martin welcomes commencement of National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 July )
- Minister for Older People Callely speaks at opening of new facilities at St. Francis Hospice, Raheny (3 July )
- Minister Martin allocates an additional €16 million under the waiting list initiative (2 July )
- Minister Martin announces €5m for Purchase of Orthodontic Treatment (1 July )
- Minister addresses first meeting of Primary Care Steering Group (1 July )
June
- Statement by the Minister for Health and Children (14 June )
- 'Dramatic Increase' in Alcohol Consumption - Task Force (7 June )
May
- Ministers announce significant expansion in professional therapy training places (30 May )
- Minister Martin establishes the Office of Tobacco Control on a statutory basis (29 May )
- Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children announce changes to the Work Visa Scheme (8 May )
- Minister urges parents to have their children immunised (7 May )
- Minister Martin announces allocation of €288,000 for services for persons with Hepatitis C at Cork University Hospital (2 May )
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April
- Coombe Women´s Hospital - Major Development Announced by Martin (30 April )
- Minister Martin approves Health Action Zones Project (30 April )
- Statement by Mary Hanafin TD, Minister for Children (16 April )
- Minister addresses First Meeting of New Mental Health Commission (16 April )
- Statement from Mary Hanafin TD, Minister for Children (16 April )
- Implementation of Recommendations of the Commission on Nursing Second Annual Progress Report of the Monitoring Committee 2001 (12 April )
- Hanafin Launches Good Practice Guidelines for organisations working with children (12 April )
- Minister Martin welcomes agreement with the Irish Haemophilia Society (11 April )
- Hanafin asks Health Boards to assist ERHA in reducing Inter-country Adoption Assessment waiting times (9 April )
- Minister gives approval to invite tenders for two major projects at Cork University Hospital (8 April )
- Government announces first major Study of Growing up in Ireland (5 April )
- Hanafin announces €200,000 Children's Research Awards (2 April )
- Minister announces establishment of Primary Care Task Force (2 April )
- Minister appoints Head of National Treatment Purchase Team (2 April )
March
- Curfews, fines and parental accountability for children in trouble as Children Act, 2001 is to be commenced (27 March )
- Hanafin launches National Children´s Nurseries Association Centre of Excellence Award Programme (25 March )
- Minister welcomes Report on Stimulant Drinks (21 March )
- Minister addresses Inaugural Meeting of National Committee on Breastfeeding (20 March )
- Minister Martin publishes hospital waiting list figures for December 2001 (19 March )
- Moffatt officially opens €48m Phase II of Mayo General Hospital (15 March )
- Minister announces establishment of new Mental Health Commission (14 March )
- Martin asks Labour Relations Commission to intervene in Nurses Dispute (13 March )
- Martin calls on nurses to re-consider (13 March )
- Martin announces €1.27m Barretstown Gang Camp Grant (12 March )
- Minister Martin launches the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database (5 March )
- Hanafin announces €45,000 to the ISPCC to fund Review of Childline (4 March )
February
- Hanafin announces Major Review of Family Supports (27 February )
- Minister launches Traveller Health Strategy (26 February )
- Hanafin launches publication celebrating Foster Care (22 February )
- HIV Compensation scheme for persons with haemophilia (22 February )
- Discharge planning from Acute Hospitals in the Eastern Regional Health Authority (21 February )
- Ombudsman for Children Bill introduced in the Seanad (21 February )
- Minister Martin launches Task Force on Medical Staffing (21 February )
- Minister confirms medical card holders not to be disadvantaged by increases in social welfare payments (20 February )
- Minister re-affirms Government commitment to people with disabilities (19 February )
- Today´s High Court Judgment (18 February )
- Hanafin opens European Youth Parliament Selection Conference (18 February )
- Hanafin announces funding for a Comhairle na nÓg (15 February )
- Hanafin announces the Publication of the Ombudsman for Children Bill (14 February )
- Minister Martin establishes forum on Accident & Emergency services (14 February )
- Domestic violence is an issue for us all - Hanafin (13 February )
- Publication of Your Views about Health - the Report on Consultation for the Health Strategy (11 February )
- Minister Martin establishes National Task Force on Medical Staffing (11 February )
- Minister Martin launches Report of the National Cancer Registry (5 February )
- "A complaint a day about child pornography on the net" - Hanafin (5 February )
- Hanafin awards children´s research fellowships (5 February )
January
- 1996 Pharmacy Regulations (31 January )
- Minister welcomes suspension of strike (23 January )
- Minister of State meets Executive Director of UNAIDS (23 January )
- Health Minister supports Advocacy Network for Mental Health Service Users (22 January )
- New Guidelines for Health Agencies Recruiting Nurses from Abroad (17 January )
- Minister Martin announces largest ever expansion of acute beds for public patients (16 January )
- Martin urges parents to avail of Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Immunisation for their children (8 January )
- Extra €46 million for 2002 underlines Government´s on-going commitment to child protection and welfare services (4 January )
- Hanafin allocates £1 million to projects for Children at risk (2 January )
