Irish and international law firms have been invited by the HSE to attend a special meeting next week in Dublin in preparation for a major tender for legal services. In advance of the procurement, the Executive has decided to undertake a ‘market sounding exercise’, which will take the form of a presentation by HSE Procurement [...]
The HSE West paid out a total of €1,945,807 in legal fees in 2008, an increase of 30 per cent on the previous year’s figure. Revealing the expenditure at the recent (July 14) meeting of the Regional Health Forum West in Galway, the Executive indicated that it paid out €1,493,750 in legal fees in 2007, [...]
The Medical Council will take into account the finding of professional misconduct against a Nigerian doctor if the individual ever reapplies for temporary registration in Ireland. Following an inquiry on April 29, the Council’s Fitness to Practise (FTP) Committee found Dr Ikedinachukwu Livinus Nwankwor of Ballincollig, Co Cork (Reg 277982) guilty of professional misconduct. The [...]
The likely cost to the State of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse is estimated to be in the region of €126 million to €136 million, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) has revealed. In a report published today (July 29), C&AG John Buckley revealed that the Commission, chaired by Mr Justice Sean Ryan, [...]
The amount incurred on legal fees by the HSE on human resources issues relating to bullying continues to outstrip the cost of damages paid out. The Executive spent more than E350,000 on dealing with the issue of bullying last year. Some E227,182 of this was spent on legal fees, while E129,485 was paid out in [...]
Irish Courts are moving towards acceptance of the UK’s ‘Gillick Competency’ test, which could give legal guidance over the issue of prescribing the morning-after pill to those aged under 16. Solicitor John O’Connor told delegates at the IMO AGM that his firm – O’Connor Solicitors, which acts for Medisec – had witnessed a huge increase [...]
The Minister of State at the Department of Health John Moloney has confirmed that the gross fees paid to date for mental health tribunals held last year was e9,755,433 including VAT. However, he noted that a number of unclaimed fees are still outstanding for 2008. “Based on the above expenditure, the average cost per notification [...]
The public consultation on systems of consent for the donation of organs after death for transplantation has been extended to March 14. Minister for Health Mary Harney explained she was extending the deadline by two weeks following a ‘high level of interest’ in the process. Advertisements were placed in Irish newspapers on January 9 inviting [...]
The first Fitness to Practise (FTP) inquiry to be held in public will take place next Wednesday, the Medical Council has revealed. In a short statement, the Council confirmed that the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Medical Council would hear a FTP inquiry against ‘a registered medical practitioner’ on March 4, in public. The [...]
Minister for Health Mary Harney has signed the Order commencing Part 6 of the Medical Practitioners Act, introducing a new system of registration for doctors. The Department of Health has confirmed to Irish Medical Times that the new registration system will be introduced on March 16. The Order also provides for the repeal of all [...]
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