Health (Amendment) Bill 2004
Public bill · Government · Presented
The Health (Amendment) Bill 2004 would end the membership of Ireland’s seven health boards, the Eastern Regional Health Authority and its three area health boards. Their responsibilities would pass mainly to their chief executive officers, with some powers assigned to the Minister for Health and Children; the existing split between “reserved” and “executive” functions would also be removed. The Bill would also require ministerial approval before these bodies could buy or sell land, end local authorities’ role in nominating members, and formally terminate the existing members’ appointments.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide that the members of the health boards established under the Health Act 1970, the Eastern Regional Health Authority, the Northern Area Health Board, the East Coast Area Health Board and the South-Western Area Health Board shall cease to hold office upon the commencement of this Act; to provide that the functions of those bodies shall be performed by their chief executive officers and, in certain circumstances, by the Minister for Health and Children; to remove the distinction between reserved and executive functions; for those purposes to amend the Health Act 1970, the Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 1996, the Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act 1999 and other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Last updated 13 April 2018
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