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Three new Board members appointed

posted 16 Nov 2009 07:09 by Safeguarding Ireland   [ updated 16 Nov 2009 08:10 ]
Three new Board members appointed to the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church.
 

Dr. Kathleen Ganter

 

A Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with extensive experience of treating children and adolescents who have suffered abuse.  Currently involved in mental health tribunal work for the Mental Health Commission. Chair of the European Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

 

Dr. Keith Holmes

 

A Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.  Currently Chairperson of the Medical Board in Lucena Clinic in Dublin and Chair of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry within the College of Psychiatry of Ireland.  He also represents the faculty on the Medical / Legal / Human Rights / Ethics Committee within the College of Psychiatry of Ireland.


Professor David Smith

 

A member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Congregation.  Associate Professor in Healthcare Ethics in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with an extensive international career in Academic Research and Consultancy work in Healthcare Systems, Ethics and Bioethics.  Chairperson of the Task Force on Child Abuse of C.O.R.I. ( 2004)