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27-589: In February 2008, the Irish Government referred two allegations of child sex abuse to the National Board for Safeguarding Children , an independent supervisory body established by the Irish bishops, led by Mr Ian Elliott. When the chief executive of that body made contact with the diocese on the matter, he was met with lack of co-operation. Meetings held with Bishop John Magee and representatives of

54-647: A chorus of demands for Bishop Magee's resignation. The demands were renewed in January 2009 with the publication of the HSE Report commissioned by the Minister for Children which uncovered a number of other cases which had not been reported to the authorities or dealt with according to self-regulatory procedures. The Minister rejected a recommendation of the Health Executive Service report that

81-613: A meeting with a priest suspecting of abusing a child, one for the Vatican and the other for diocesan files". In April 2008, Justine McCarthy , a journalist with the Sunday Tribune , broke the story of the impending scandal in the diocese of Cloyne . There followed a number of hastily arranged meetings between Magee, Monsignor Denis O'Callaghan, (the Vicar General of Cloyne), and Dean Eamon Gould with representatives of

108-452: A new online system for medical card applications that will reduce turnaround time for routine applications to 15 days. In May 2011, key forensic evidence in up to 25 sexual-assault cases may be challenged in court because of a major administrative blunder by the HSE. The victims – some as young as 14 – were told by Gardaí about the incident, in which a nurse who carried out their forensic tests

135-590: A report compiled by the Health Service Executive (HSE) found his diocese had put children at risk of harm through an "inability" to respond appropriately to abuse allegations. In spite of "a large number of calls for his resignation" the Bishop signalled his intention to remain. Further analysis in January 2009 suggested that the bishop and diocese staff were sparing with details of allegations, and that Bishop Magee might have to resign, but also that

162-464: A restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care: A new arrangement of 90 primary care networks was announced in October 2014. On 4 April 2022, it was announced that the chief operations officer of the HSE – Anne O'Connor – would be leaving the organisation in the summer to take up a new role as managing director of VHI Health and Wellbeing. On 27 June 2022, it

189-401: Is 'a serious and ongoing violation of their rights'. On 14 May 2021, the HSE suffered a major ransomware cyberattack which caused all of its IT systems nationwide to be shut down. It was the most significant cybercrime attack on an Irish state agency and the largest known attack against a health service computer system. Some reports have traced the origin of the attack back to

216-550: Is the publicly funded healthcare system in Ireland , responsible for the provision of health and personal social services. It came into operation on 1 January 2005. The current director-general is Bernard Gloster , who took up the new role on 6 March 2023, after Paul Reid stepped down. The Health Service Executive (HSE) was established by the Health Act 2004 and came into official operation on 1 January 2005. It replaced

243-795: The Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC), and the male Dominicans. Further reports were issued between 2011 and 2017, reporting the history and known extent of child abuse in every diocese on the island of Ireland, with separate reviews into religious orders that ran schools and residential institutions. In one order alone, the Christian Brothers , 870 allegations were made against 325 members, 12 of whom were convicted. In

270-567: The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (or Safeguarding for short). These resulted in O'Callaghan handing over documentation concerning the two cases referred by the Irish Government to Safeguarding. On 28 June 2008, Ian Elliott , the chief executive officer of Safeguarding, completed a damning report on the handling of both cases by Magee, by his delegate for Child Protection, O'Callaghan, and by his inter-diocesan case management committee. The Elliot Report

297-771: The 2009 Murphy Report , a judicial inquiry into the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin , the same team was reappointed to investigate allegations surrounding the diocese of Cloyne. Its remit included investigating the state's health and policing practices as well as the Church itself. Judge Murphy's Inquiry issued its report on 13 July 2011. The findings of fact included that: National Board for Safeguarding Children The National Board for Safeguarding Children in Ireland (NBSCCCI or NBSCCC) established in 2006 in order to develop policies that would foster

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324-648: The Cloyne case not be referred to the Dublin Tribunal of Investigation into Child Abuse and, following a Cabinet meeting held on 7 January, he referred Cloyne to the Dublin Tribunal which published a report in November 2009. It now remains to be seen whether a member of the public will make complaint to the Garda Síochána (Irish police force) against Bishop Magee and/or Monsignor Denis O'Callaghan under

351-423: The HSE announced the appointment of Bernard Gloster, former CEO of TUSLA Child and Family Agency, as the new director general of the HSE. The HSE is frequently portrayed by the Irish media as an inefficient, top-heavy and excessively bureaucratic organisation. The Irish health system has been involved in a number of serious health scandals, for example relating to cancer misdiagnoses in 2008. The HSE has also been

378-549: The Irish government had not yet legislated for all the improvements in the law of evidence that were called for in the Ferns Report of 2005. On 7 March 2009 Pope Benedict appointed Archbishop Dermot Clifford of Cashel and Emly as apostolic administrator of the Cloyne diocese, though Bishop Magee remained Bishop in title. Bishop Magee requested that the Pope take this action on 4 February. Bishop Magee said that he would use

405-601: The Labour Party raised the matter in the press and demanded a Dáil discussion of the handling of Child Sex Abuse in Cloyne. Further press coverage led to the publication of the Elliott Report by Bishop Magee on 19 December 2008. The contents of the Report were shocking and concluded that Bishop Magee's actions, and those of his agent's in this area, were inadequate and in some respects were dangerous. There followed

432-474: The child of being a victim of serious harm or sexual abuse or failing to take reasonable steps to protect a child from such a risk while knowing that the child is in such a situation. This offence may be prosecuted only by the Director of Public Prosecutions . The penalty is a fine (no upper limit) and/or a maximum of 10 years imprisonment. In January 2009, Magee apologised to victims of clerical sex abuse after

459-540: The diocese in March failed to elicit his full co-operation with the National Board for Child Protection's investigation. As per BBC News, "The report found that Bishop John Magee falsely told the government and the health service that his diocese was reporting all abuse allegations to authorities. It also found that the bishop deliberately misled another inquiry and his own advisors by creating two different accounts of

486-651: The dioceses of Tuam , Kilmore , Ardagh and Clonmacnoise , Dromore and Derry . The Board is funded through its sponsoring bodies: the Conference of Irish Bishops; the Conference of Religious of Ireland (CORI) and the Irish Missionary Union (IMU). The second tranche of reports on 5 September 2012 were published. They comprise four dioceses and three religious congregations. The dioceses included are Kildare and Leighlin , Limerick , Cork and Ross , and Clonfert . The religious congregations are

513-490: The prevention of child abuse in the Catholic Church in Ireland . Its main goals are to offer advice on safeguarding best practice , to assist in the development of procedures and to monitor practices. Its members have a good deal of experience in dealing with the problem of sexual abuse . The Board has been described as "the Catholic Church's abuse watchdog". On 30 November 2011 the board issued six reports into

540-417: The report for 2016-2017 a "significant increase" was noted in the number of new claims, with 135 new allegations, most of them historical, compared with 86 for the previous year. The Board suggested that when a clerical abuse story is widely publicised, more victims often come forward. Health Service Executive The Health Service Executive ( HSE ) ( Irish : Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte )

567-612: The subject of criticism for cutbacks, service cancellations etc., but has indicated that it is making good progress in saving costs and achieving its required 'break-even' budget position for 2010. In the same month, the Irish Medical Organisation stated that patients awaiting a HSE medical card were waiting up to six months to receive their card, and that their health was being put at risk as they could not afford medicines that they would have otherwise obtained had they received their card. The HSE has since announced

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594-899: The ten regional Health Boards , the Eastern Regional Health Authority and a number of other different agencies and organisations. The Minister for Health retained overall responsibility for the Executive in Government . The HSE adopted a regional structure (HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster, HSE Dublin North East, HSE South and HSE West). A new grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly TD , in May 2013, as part of

621-490: The terms of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 which provides for a new offence of reckless endangerment of children. This came into effect on 1 August 2006. This offence may be committed by a person who has authority or control over a child or an abuser and who intentionally or recklessly endangers a child by: Causing or permitting any child to be placed or left in a situation which creates a substantial risk to

648-453: The time to " devote the necessary time and energy to cooperating fully with the government Commission of Inquiry into child protection practices and procedures in the diocese of Cloyne ". In accordance with canon law , an apostolic administrator is named for an open-ended interim period. Bishop Magee's resignation was formally accepted by the Vatican on 24 March 2010. Due to the success of

675-472: Was announced that the current director general of the HSE – Paul Reid – would be stepping down from his role in December to 'spend more time with family'. On 16 August 2022, it was announced that the director general – Paul Reid – would be leaving on 3 October 2022, two months earlier than planned. His role was temporarily filled by the current chief financial officer – Stephen Mulvany. On 16 December 2022,

702-448: Was examined by that case management committee on 9 July 2008, and it adopted a position threatening Elliot and Safeguarding with legal action were they to publish the Report. In the meantime, Elliott passed the report to the Irish Government and to the minister for Children, Barry Andrews who did not read the report but passed it to the Health Service Executive to compile another report on it. In December 2008, Deputy Sean Sherlock of

729-518: Was unregistered. This could lead to the evidence being challenged. In May 2018, in the midst of the CervicalCheck misdiagnoses controversy, Tony O'Brien announced his resignation as director-general of the HSE with effect from close of business on 11 May. An Ombudsman report in October 2020 found that children with suspected disabilities are encountering delays of many years in having their needs properly assessed. The report said that this

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