Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Drogheda Port Company: Discussion with Chairman Designate

2:10 pm

Dr. Joseph Hiney:

Indeed, I understand the question. I was already on the board of directors. We have a small board of fewer than eight directors. In the next week, we should be restored to five. We have always felt that the board should number no more than six because it is a small company. It does not need eight directors. We voluntarily kept the fees and the numbers down to reflect the size of the business. Under the legislation and the rules the Minister has the option to reappoint or to appoint a chair from among the current directors. The process was that I was appointed from among the current directors. I came to be a director in the first place by submitting my curriculum vitae to Stateboards.iein response to an advertisement. On that occasion, I received a call from a previous Minister and was appointed in March 2013 to the board.