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Minister for Health and Children:
The membership list of the Working Group follows:
Mr Jimmy Duggan, Principal Officer, Department of Health and Children (Chair)
Mr James Conway, Programme Manager, Health Service Executive - Mid-Western Area,
Ms Valerie Nagle, Health Economist, HSE - Eastern Regional Area
Ms Anne Vaughan, Principal Officer, Planning Unit, Department of Social and Family Affairs
Mr Joe Mooney, Principal Officer, Department of Finance
Ms. Marie Kennedy, Acting Appeals Officer, Appeals Office, St. Joseph's Hospital
Ms Aileen O'Doherty, Irish Association of Older People, University College Dublin
Ms Ellen Dillon, Federation of Irish Nursing Homes
Mr Maurice O'Connell, Chief Executive, The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
Mr Pat Quinlan, Federation of Catholic Voluntary Nursing Homes
Mr Bob Carroll, Director, National Council on Ageing and Older People
Ms Máiread Hayes, Development Officer, Irish Senior Citizens Parliament
Mr Paul Costello, Chief Executive, Irish Nursing Homes Organisation Ltd.
Mr Enda Egan, Chief Executive Officer, The Carers Association
Mr Noel Brett, (former Regional Manager SFOP, Western Health Board)
Mr Aidan Browne, National Director for Primary, Community and Continuing Care, Health Service Executive, (former Asst. CEO/ Community Service, North Eastern Health Board)
Ms Ann Coyle, HSE - North Eastern Area
Dr Bernard Walsh, Consultant Physician, St James's Hospital
Mr David Wolfe, Assistant Principal, Department of Health and Children
Mr Derek Finnegan, Higher Executive Officer, Department of Health and Children
Ms Julie Ling, Nursing Advisor, Department of Health and Children
Mr Des Tracey, Executive Officer, Department of Health and Children.
A Working Group chaired by the Department of the Taoiseach and comprising senior officials from the Departments of Finance, Health and Children and Social and Family Affairs was established in early 2005. The objective of this Group is to identify the policy options for a financially sustainable system of long-term care, taking account of the Mercer report, the views of the consultation that was undertaken on that report and the Review of the Nursing Home Subvention Scheme by Professor Eamon O'Shea. This Group has been requested to report to both the Minister for Social and Family Affairs and the Tánaiste by mid year 2005. Following this process it is the intention that there will be discussions with relevant interest groups.
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