Aogán appointed to HSE board

Former GAA President Aogán Ó Fearghail has been appointed to the board of the HSE.

The Drumgoon man is among eight new appointees to the revamped board announced last week.
It also includes CEO of Barnardos Fergus Finlay, AIB’s Chief Information Officer Tim Hynes, and Mark Molloy, one of the parents at the centre of the tragedies involving baby deaths at Portlaoise Hospital.
Mr Ó Fearghail served as head of the GAA from 2014 until 2017.
Other appointees include Prof Deirdre Madden, professor of law at UCC; Dr Sarah McLoughlin, Science and Communication Officer at Retina International; Fiona Ross, chair of CIE and Mental Health Ireland and Dr Yvonne Traynor, vice president of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs with Kerry Group.
The HSE board is being revived, having previously being abolished by former Health Minister James Reilly in the last government.
The reestablishment of the board fulfils a key recommendation from Dr Gabriel Scally’s 200-page report into the CervicalCheck scandal.
The board will operate on an administrative basis only until legislation officially creating it is passed.
The positions were advertised through the State Board process operated by the Public Appointments Service.
Health Minister Simon Harris welcomed the appointments.
He said of the Board: “This will ensure the patient’s voice is embedded in the reform of our health service and patient concerns are at the heart of the key decisions taken.”