Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Is it still the practice that when a Minister proposes to appoint a State board, or to make appointments to an existing State board, that the proposed membership is notified to the Government two weeks in advance of the appointment? Did that happen in the appointment of the RTE Authority just announced? What is the understanding between the parties in Government with regard to the composition of State boards? Is there a formula which applies for the nomination of members of State boards?

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