Press Release: Thursday 29 May 2025
Statement from the Minister for Health on appointments to the Board of Children’s Health Ireland
Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD has appointed the following HSE Board Members to the Board of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), Dr Yvonne Traynor and Anne Carrigy. Both bring extensive expertise to the Board and the Minister is grateful to them for accepting these positions.
Speaking on their appointment, Minister Carroll MacNeill said:
“The strengthening of governance and oversight at CHI will further support the extensive transformation programme, led by CHI CEO Lucy Nugent and her team, as we move to open the state-of-art Children’s Hospital which will be Ireland’s first digital public hospital.”
Further appointments relating to vacancies on the CHI Board will be made in due course.
Dr Yvonne Traynor
Dr Traynor was vice president of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs with Kerry Group. Prior to that, she held a number of global and regional leadership positions with German consumer goods company, Henkel.
Dr Traynor has a particular interest in organisational transformation, risk management and delivering excellent customer experience. Dr Traynor holds a PhD in Chemistry from Trinity College Dublin which, notably, resulted in a patent for the Nicotine Patch, as an aid for smoking cessation. Later, she obtained a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance and an MSc. in Executive Leadership. She is also a chartered director and has several years board experience, including the role of Chairperson of the audit, risk and compliance committee of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.
Yvonne has been a member of the Health Service Executive (HSE) Board since 28 June 2019.
Anne Carrigy
A nurse by profession, having specialised and worked in Intensive Care, she moved into nursing management as Director of Nursing and Head of Corporate Affairs at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin. She then joined the HSE as Director of the Serious Incident Management Team and subsequently became National Lead, Acute Hospital Services HSE.
She has served on both National and International Boards and Committees over many years including serving as President of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; Board Member of ENDA (European Nurse Directors Association); President of FEPI (European Federation of Nursing Professions); Council Member of the Medical Council of Ireland; Board Member of HIQA (Health, Information and Quality Authority); and Member of the Governing Body of Letterkenny Institute of Technology.
She is passionate about patients and has advocated for patient centred care, having dedicated her life to improving patient care services.
Anne has been a member of the HSE Board since 12 March 2021.