Dáil debates
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Appointments to State Boards.
2:30 pm
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive, together.
The information sought by the Deputy concerning the names of the persons appointed by me since June 2002 to State boards and agencies under my Department's aegis, namely the National Statistics Board, the Law Reform Commission, the National Centre for Partnership and Performance, the National Economic and Social Council and the National Economic and Social Forum, is set out in a schedule which I am circulating with the Official Report for the information of the House.
Additional information not given on the floor of the House.
Boards and Agencies under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach
1 The National Statistics Board
2 The Law Reform Commission
3 The National Centre for Partnership and Performance, NCPP
4 The National Economic and Social Council, NESC
5 The National Economic and Social Forum, NESF
| State Board/Agency | Position Held | Name | Organisation | Date of Appointment |
| National Statistics Board | ||||
| Mr. Frank Cunneen | Health and Safety Authority | February 2004 | ||
| Mr. Ciarán Dolan | ICMSA | February 2004 | ||
| Ms Paula Carey | ICTU | February 2004 | ||
| Ms Marian Harkin | Teacher | August 2001 | ||
| Ms Mary Doyle | Department of the Taoiseach | February 2004 | ||
| Professor Brendan Walsh | University College Dublin | February 2004 | ||
| Dr. Pat O'Hara | Western Development Commission | February 2004 | ||
| Mr. Derek Moran | Department of Finance | July 2003 February 2004 | ||
| Law Reform Commission | ||||
| Commissioner (Full-time) | Patricia T. Rickard-Clarke, | Solicitor | Reappointed 30 September 2004 | |
| Commissioner (Part-time) | Professor Finbar McAuley, BCL, LLB, MPhil, LLD, | Jean Monnet Professor of European Criminal Justice, UCD | reappointed 1 September 2004 | |
| President | Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness | Judge of the Supreme Court | 22 February 2005 replaced Hon. Mr. Justice Declan Budd | |
| Marian Shanley | Solicitor | re-appointed 12 November 2004 | ||
| National Economic and Social Council | ||||
| Chairperson | Dermot McCarthy | Secretary General Department of the Taoiseach | September 2003 | |
| Deputy Chairperson | Mary Doyle | Assistant Secretary Department of the Taoiseach | September 2003 | |
| Trade Union Pillar Nominees | ||||
| Dave Begg | General Secretary, ICTU | September 2003 | ||
| Peter McLoone | General Secretary, IMPACT | September 2003 | ||
| Manus O'Riordan | SIPTU | September 2003 | ||
| Joan Carmichael | ICTU | September 2003 | ||
| Jack O'Connor | SIPTU | September 2003 | ||
| Sally Ann Kinahan | ICTU | January 2004 (replaced Joan Carmichael) | ||
| Business and Employer or Organisation Pillar Nominees | ||||
| Brian Geoghegan | IBEC | September 2003 | ||
| John Dunne | CCI | September 2003 | ||
| Liam Kelleher | CIF | September 2003 | ||
| Brendan Butler | IBEC | September 2003 | ||
| Aileen O'Donoghue | IBEC | September 2003 | ||
| Agricultural and Farming Organisation Pillar Nominees | ||||
| Seamus O'Donohue | Irish Co-operative Organisation Society | September 2003 | ||
| Ciarán Dolan | ICMSA | September 2003 | ||
| Michael Berkery | General Secretary, IFA | September 2003 | ||
| Con Lucey | Chief Economist, IFA | September 2003 | ||
| Damian McDonald | Macra na Feirme | September 2003 | ||
| Community and Voluntary Pillar Nominees | ||||
| Fr. Seán Healy | CORI | September 2003 | ||
| Dónal Geoghegan | National Youth Council | September 2003 | ||
| Deirdre Garvey | The Wheel | September 2003 | ||
| John Mark McCafferty | Saint Vincent de Paul | September 2003 | ||
| John Dolan | Disability Federation of Ireland | September 2003 | ||
| Government Department Nominees | ||||
| Tom Considine | Secretary General Dept of Finance | September 2003 | ||
| Seán Gorman | Secretary General Dept of Enterprise, Trade and Employment | Replaced Paul Haran | ||
| John Hynes | Secretary General, Dept of Social and Family Affairs | September 2003 | ||
| Brendan Tuohy | Secretary General, Dept of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources | September 2003 | ||
| Niall Callan | Department Environment, Heritage & Local Government | September 2003 | ||
| Independent Nominees | ||||
| John Fitzgerald | ESRI | September 2003 | ||
| Colin Hunt | Goodbody Stockbrokers | September 2003 | ||
| Brigid Laffan | UCD | September 2003 | ||
| Eithne McLaughlin | Queens University | September 2003 | ||
| Peter Bacon | Economic Consultant | September 2003 | ||
| Dr. Seán Barrett | Economic Consultant | January 2005 replaced Colin Hunt |
There have been no new Government nominees to the council of the National Centre for Partnership and Performance since its establishment. However, the nominees of the bodies represented on the council have changed as a result of individual retirements and internal organisational change within IBEC, the CIF and ICTU.
| State Board/Agency | Position Held | Name | Organisation | Date of Appointment |
| National Centre for Partnership and Performance | ||||
| Executive Chairperson | Vacant | |||
| Government Departments | ||||
| Mr. John Walsh, Asst. Secretary | Dept/Enterprise, Trade & Employment | June 2002 replaced Maurice Cashell | ||
| Employers | ||||
| Mr. Morgan Nolan | Industrial Relations Executive, CIF | January 2004 replaced Terry McEvoy | ||
| Trade Unions | ||||
| Mr. Fergus Whelan | Industrial Officer, ICTU | October 2003 replaced Mr. Tom Wall | ||
| Mr. Des Geraghty | Member of Executive Council, ICTU | September 2004 replaced Mr John Tierney, MSF | ||
| Ms Angela Kirk | IMPACT | September 2004 replaced Ms Marie Levis | ||
| National Economic & Social Forum Full Membership 2004 | ||||
| Independent Chairperson | Maureen Gaffney | January/February 2004 | ||
| Deputy Chairperson | Mary Doyle | Asst. Sec., Dept. of the Taoiseach | January/February 2004 | |
| Independent Appointments | Dr. Mary P. Corcoran | Senior Lecturer, NUI, Maynooth | January/February 2004 | |
| Cáit Keane | South Dublin County Council | January/February 2004 | ||
| Dr. Colm Harmon | Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, UCD | January/February 2004 | ||
| Mr. Brian Nolan | Research Professor, ESRI | January/February 2004 | ||
| Mr. Paul Tansey | Economist | January/February 2004 | ||
| Strand (i) Oireachtas | Michael Woods | Fianna Fáil TD | January/February 2004 | |
| John Curran | Fianna Fáil TD | January/February 2004 | ||
| Senator Mary O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil | January/February 2004 | ||
| Senator Paschal Mooney | Fianna Fáil | Jan/Feb 2004 | ||
| Senator Brendan Daly | Fianna Fáil | January/February 2004 | ||
| Senator Geraldine Feeney | Fianna Fáil | January/February 2004 | ||
| Pat Carey | Fianna Fáil TD | January/February 2004 | ||
| Senator Paul Coghlan | Fine Gael | Jan/Feb 2004 | ||
| Damien English | Fine Gael TD | January/February 2004 | ||
| Paul Kehoe | Fine Gael TD | January/February 2004 | ||
| Joan Burton | Labour TD | January/February 2004 | ||
| Willie Penrose | Labour TD | January/February 2004 | ||
| Senator Kate Walsh | Progressive Democrats | January/February 2004 | ||
| Senator Feargal Quinn | Independents | January/February 2004 | ||
| Jerry Cowley TD | Technical Group | January/February 2004 | ||
| Strand (ii) Employer/Trade Unions | ||||
| Employer/Business Organisations | Jackie Harrison | IBEC | January/February 2004 | |
| Heidi Lougheed | IBEC | January/February 2004 | ||
| Patricia Callan | Small Firms Association | January/February 2004 | ||
| Kevin Gilna | Construction Industry Federation | January/February 2004 | ||
| Carmel Mulroy | Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Industry/Exporters Association | January/February 2004 | ||
| Maria Cronin | IBEC | October/November 2004 replaced Jackie Harrison | ||
| Seán Murphy | Chamber of Commerce | replaced Carmel Mulroy | ||
| Trade Unions | Éamon Devoy | Technical Engineering & Electrical Union | January/February 2004 | |
| Blair Horan | Civil & Public Service Union | January/February 2004 | ||
| Jerry Shanahan | AMICUS | January/February 2004 | ||
| Manus O'Riordan | SIPTU | January/February 2004 | ||
| Paula Carey | ICTU | January/February 2004 | ||
| Agricultural/Farming Organisations | Mary McGreal | Irish Farmers Association | January/February 2004 | |
| Michael Doody | Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association | January/February 2004 | ||
| Mary Johnson | Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society | January/February 2004 | ||
| Carmel Brennan | Macra na Feirme | January/February 2004 | ||
| Anne Murray | Irish Country Women's Association | January/February 2004 | ||
| Strand (iii) Community & Voluntary Sector | ||||
| Women's Organisations | Frances Byrne | National Women's Council of Ireland | January/February 2004 | |
| Joanna McMini | National Women's Council of Ireland | January/February 2004 | ||
| Orla O'Connor | Frances Byrne | replaced Frances Byrne | ||
| Unemployed | June Tinsley | INOU | January/February 2004 | |
| Patricia Short | ICTU Centres for the Unemployed | January/February 2004 | ||
| Disadvantaged | Sr. Brigid Reynolds | CORI | January/February 2004 | |
| John-Mark McCafferty | Society of Saint Vincent de Paul | January/February 2004 | ||
| Sharon Keane | Anti-Poverty Networks | January/February 2004 | ||
| Audrey Deane | Society of St. Vincent de Paul | November 2004 replaced John-Mark McCafferty | ||
| Youth/Children | Malcolm Byrne | NYCI | January/February 2004 | |
| Raymond Dooley | Children's Rights Alliance | January/February 2004 | ||
| Marie Claire McAleer | NYCI | replaced Malcolm Byrne | ||
| Jillian Van Turnhout | Children's Rights Alliance | replaced Raymond Dooley | ||
| Older People | Robin Webster | National Council for Aging and Older People/Senior Citizen's Parliament/Age Action | January/February 2004 | |
| Others | Seán Gallagher | The Carers Association | January/February 2004 | |
| Séamus Boland | Irish Rural Link | January/February 2004 | ||
| Fergus O'Ferrall | The Wheel | January/February 2004 | ||
| Frank Goodwin | Carers Association | Replaced Sean Gallagher | ||
| Strand (iv) Central Government, Local Government and Independents | ||||
| Central Government | Tom Considine | Secretary General, Dept. Finance | January/February 2004 | |
| Paul Haran | Secretary General, Dept. Enterprise, Trade & Employment | January/February 2004 | ||
| John Hynes | Secretary General, Dept. Social & Family Affairs | January/February 2004 | ||
| Gerry Kearney | Secretary General, Dept. Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs | January/February 2004 | ||
| Niall Callan | Secretary General, Dept. Environment, Heritage & Local Government | January/February 2004 | ||
| Local Government | Councillor John Egan | General Council of County Councils | January/February 2004 | |
| Councillor Patsy Treanor | General Council of County Councils | January/February 2004 | ||
| Councillor Constance Hanniffy | General Council of County Councils | January/February 2004 | ||
| Councillor Patricia McCarthy | Association of Municipal Authorities | January/February 2004 | ||
| Donal O'Donoghue | County and City Managers Association | January/February 2004 | ||
| Councillor Ger Barron | General Council of County Councils | November 2004 replaced Cllr. John Egan | ||
| Councillor Jack Crowe | General Council of County Councils | November 2004 replaced Patsy Treanor | ||
| John Tierney | County & City Managers Association | November 2004 replaced Donal O'Donoghue | ||
| Independents | Dr. Colm Harmon | Institute for the Study of Social Change, UCD | January/February 2004 | |
| Dr. Mary P. Corcoran | Department of Sociology | January/February 2004 | ||
| Dr. Brian Nolan | ESRI | January/February 2004 | ||
| Paul Tansey | Tansey, Webster, Stewart & Company Ltd. | January/February 2004 | ||
| Cáit Keane | South Dublin County Council | January/February 2004 |
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