Dáil debates
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Appointments to State Boards
3:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, together.
Details of the appointments I have made since coming into office on 9 March 2011 are set out in a table I am circulating in the Official Report. The National Economic and Social Development Office, NESDO, is the only State agency under the aegis of the Taoiseach's Department. It was established in 2006 and is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council, NESC. NESDO's membership, as set out in the Act, consists of the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the NESC. The membership of the NESC, as set out in the Act, consists of a chairperson, deputy chairperson, members appointed on the basis of nominations received from representatives of the ICTU, business and employers' interests, farming and agricultural interests, the environmental sector and the community and voluntary sector, in addition to a number of public servants and independent experts. There are 34 members in the NESC. From time to time the Taoiseach appoints nominees and members to fill vacancies arising from changes in nominations or on the retirement of public servants.
The table provides details of all appointments made by me to the National Economic and Social Council since 9 March 2011. These are the only board appointments I have made since coming into office.
| Name | Organisation | Date of Appointment |
| Prof. Edgar Morgenroth, | Associate Research Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute | June 2011 |
| Prof. John McHale, | Economist, National University of Ireland, Galway | June 2011 |
| Prof. Mary Daly, | Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast | June 2011 |
| Prof. Anna Davis, | Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin | June 2011 |
| Prof. Seán Ó Riain, | Department of Sociology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth | June 2011 |
| Dr. Michael O'Sullivan, | Head of UK Research and Global Asset Allocation, Credit Suisse, London | June 2011 |
| Ms Mary Walsh, | Charted Accountant | June 2011 |
| Dr. Michelle Morris, | Senior Lecturer, School of Applied Social Science, University College Dublin. | July 2011 |
| Martin Fraser, Chairperson of NESC | Secretary General, Department of the Taoiseach | August 2011 |
| Shay Cody | IMPACT | September 2011 |
| John Murphy | Secretary General, Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation | November 2011 |
| John Shaw, Deputy Chairperson of NESC | Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach | January 2012 |
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