Brennan Report - Department of Health and Children

Report of the Commission on Financial Management and Control Systems in the Health Servicepublic health service including five years as Hospital Administrator at Sligo Regional Hospital.Heserved as CEO of Galvia Private Hospital in Galway from 1986 to 1991. From 1991 to 1997 hewas General Secretary of Fianna Fáil. He is a Director of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, andChairman of the Audit Committee of VHI of which he is also a Director.Mr.Tommie GormanTommie Gorman is the Northern Editor of RTE, the national broadcasting service. He servedas RTE's Brussels-based Europe editor from 1989 to 2001. His extensive experience of healthcare services in many EU member states featured in the television documentary "Europe, Cancerand Me." He was named Ireland's European of the Year in 2002.Mr. John P. GreelyJohn P. Greely is a Chartered Accountant in practice in Co. Kildare and is a member of theCouncil of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and is also a member of its FinanceCommittee. John is the Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Benevolent Fund.He is also currently a Director of PFPC, a company operating in the IFSC, and is formerly aDirector of Smurfit Finance Ltd and ACC Bank plc (until its sale).Mr. George MansfieldGeorge Mansfield is Chairman of Ark Life Assurance Co. Ltd. and is a Director of AIB Finance &Leasing Ltd., Pettit Engineering Group Ltd and The Irish Guide Dogs Foundation. He has held anumber of executive positions with AIB and recently retired as General Manager of its SouthernArea. Mr Mansfield is a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland, Certified Member of theI.M.I. and is a former President of Waterford Chamber of Commerce. He is President Elect ofthe Rotary Club of Cork.Mr. Jim McCaffreyJim McCaffrey recently retired as Assistant Secretary in the Department of Finance. He joinedthe Department of Finance in 1965. He has worked in all areas of the Department - includingpersonnel, spending policy and taxation. For the last ten years, Mr. McCaffrey has been theAssistant Secretary responsible for social spending (health, education and social welfare) and forsocial policy advice generally in the Department.Mr. Michael McLooneMichael McLoone, Dip H.I., B.A. (Pub Admin) has been County Manager with Donegal CountyCouncil since 1994. He worked as an environmental health officer from 1966-74. He wasappointed Industrial Relations Officer with the North Western Health Board in 1975, PersonnelOfficer with Midland Health Board in 1978 and Programme Manager with the North WesternHealth Board in 1982. In 1988 he was seconded to Beaumont Hospital as Chief Executive to setup the structures to run the new hospital - he was there for six years. In 1997 he wasappointed Chairman of the governing body of Letterkenny Institute of Technology. In 1998 hechaired the Donegal Employment Initiative Task Force and was a member of the WesternDevelopment Commission from 1996 - 2001. He was appointed Chairman of the Irish BloodTransfusion Board in 2001.Mr. Dermot SmythDermot Smyth is an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health and Children. Hisresponsibilities include Finance, Planning, Management Information and Private Health Insurance.150