Written answers
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Appointments to State Boards
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised; the number of applications to the boards; the number of appointments to the board that were drawn from the applications; the current number of vacancies on each board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28972/13]
Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I have, for the past three years, on the Department’s website, invited Expressions of Interest from persons wishing to be considered for appointment to vacancies on State Boards under the aegis of my Department. Thirty-one applications were received in 2011, thirty-seven applications were received in 2012 and eighty-eight applications have been received to date in 2013, following the advertisements for Expressions of Interest. It should be noted that such invitations are designed to extend the range of suitable persons from which a Minister might make appointments – not to constrain that range.
I wish to advise the Deputy that there have been 72 appointments made to State Boards under the aegis of my Department in the period March 2011 to date and details of these are set out in the table below. All of the appointments have been made in light of the objectives of the organisation and on the basis of appointees having the necessary competencies, expertise and experience to contribute effectively to the work of the particular boards, whilst also taking into consideration the legislative requirements where applicable. Applicants who expressed an interest in applying for a board are marked with an asterisk.
There are currently 12 vacancies on State Boards under the aegis of my Department, however, 6 of these vacancies are on the Board of the Digital Hub Development Agency and, in light of the proposed merger of that agency with Dublin City Council, it is not proposed to make further appointments at this time. There are 2 vacancies on the Board of An Post, 1 vacancy on the Board of TG4, 1 vacancy on Bord na Móna, 1 vacancy on Bord Gáis Éireann and 1 vacancy on the Board of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.
Body | Appointee | Date Appointed |
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An Post | Mr Donal Connell CEO (ex officio) Mr James Wrynn Mr Paul Henry Mr Noel Adamson (worker director) Mr Patrick Compton (worker director reappointed) Mr Thomas Devlin (worker director reappointed) Mr William Mooney (worker director) Ms Martina O'Connell (worker director) Mr William Scally Ms Lorraine Tormey Mr Christoph Mueller (Chairperson) | 14/08/2011 15/09/2011 15/09/2011 01/11/2012 01/11/2012 01/11/2012 01/11/2012 01/11/2012 11/12/2012 01/01/2013 26/03/2013 |
Bord na Móna | Ms Denise Cronin *Mr. John Horgan (Chairperson) Mr Gerard O'Donoghue Ms Elaine Treacy Mr Barry Walsh | 15/09/2011 24/04/2012 (as a Director) 27/09/2012 (as Chairperson) 02/10/2012 17/07/2012 16/10/2012 |
Bord Gáis Éireann | Mr Finbarr Kennelly Mr Michael McNicholas CEO (ex officio) | 11/12/2012 07/05/2013 |
EirGrid | Dr Gary Healy *Ms Regina Moran *Mr Liam O'Halloran Ms Bride Rosney Ms Doireann Barry | 15/09/2011 15/09/2011 15/09/2011 15/09/2011 22/12/2011 |
ESB | Mr Lochlann Quinn (Chairman - reappointed) Mr Pat O'Doherty (CEO ex officio) Ms Noreen Wright Mr Seamus Mallon (reappointed) Ms Anne Butler Ms Noreen O'Kelly | 21/01/2013 09/01/2013 28/06/2011 03/05/2011 13/11/2012 23/04/2013 |
Irish National Petroleum Corporation (INPC) | Mr Sean Fitzgerald (reappointed) Mr Vincent Caffrey (reappointed) Ms Aoife MacEvilly (reappointed)** Mr Aidan Donnelly - Chairperson (reappointed) | 01/06/2011 01/06/2011 18/07/2012 18/07/2012 |
National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) | Ms Aoife MacEvilly ** Mr Pat Meehan CEO (ex officio) (reappointed) | 11/04/2011 01/01/2013 |
TG4 | Mr. Micheál Seoighe Ms. Mairēad Ní Cheoinín *Mr. Joe Connolly *Mr. Des Geraghty Ms. Andrēa Ní Ēalaithe Ms Mairead Nic Suibhne Ms. Michelle Ní Chróinín Siún Ní Raghallaigh (Chairperson) | 17/04/2012 17/04/2012 17/04/2012 17/04/2012 17/04/2012 17/04/2012 17/04/2012 17/04/2012 |
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) | *Ms Julie O'Neill (reappointed) Mr. Edgar Morgenroth Mr. Michael Conlon Ms. Anne Farrell Mr. Declan Waugh Ms. Michelle Green Mr. Brian Carroll (reappointed)** Mr. Brendan Halligan (re-appointed) (Chairperson) Dr Brian Motherway CEO (ex officio) Ms Anne Connolly Mr Pat Gilroy Mr Michael McGarry | 01/05/2013 24/04/2012 15/09/2011 (but resigned on 21/08/2012) 24/04/2012 29/05/2012 29/05/2012 26/06/2012 01/10/2012 01/05/2012 02/05/2013 14/05/2013 14/05/2013 |
Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA) | *Mr. Paul Holden Mr. Seamus Ratigan Mr Leonard Donnelly (Chairperson - reappointed) Ms Alice Davis Mr Brendan McDonagh | 29/05/2012 29/05/2012 24/11/12012 24/10/2012 09/04/2013 |
Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) | Mr. Ronan O'Reilly (Chairperson) Ms. Anne Butler Mr. Robin Simpson Dr. Enda Howley Dr. Denis Kelliher Ms. Marion Coy Mr. Justin Gleeson Ms Sandra Ryan *Mr. Padraic Jordan Mr. Oliver Hickey Mr Noel Ward | 22/05/2012 22/05/2012 (but resigned on 25/10/2012) 22/05/2012 22/05/2012 22/05/2012 22/05/2012 22/05/2012 22/05/2012 22/05/2012 19/06/2012 21/12/2012 |
The Mining Board | Mr Michael Neary (reappointed) | 17/11/2011 |
*Expression of Interest received
** Official in my Department
It should also be noted that 25 of the appointments in the table were either ex-officio appointments, reappointments, the appointment of worker directors chosen by election, or appointments made from nominations made by an Oireachtas Committee.
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