Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy is aware, membership of NESC is made up from different pillars. Regarding my own Department, the Secretary General and another departmental official sit on the board, one of whom was appointed in August 2011 and another in January 2012. The trade union pillar nominees include the General Secretary of the ICTU, another individual from ICTU, an individual from IMPACT and one from SIPTU. In respect of the business and employer pillar, there are two nominees from IBEC, one from CIF and one from Chambers Ireland. The agriculture and farming organisation pillar nominees include one person each from ICOS, IFA, Macra na Feirme and the ICMSA. The community and voluntary pillar nominees include a person from Social Justice Ireland - formerly CORI - from the INOU, the Saint Vincent de Paul and the NYCI. The environmental pillar nominees include an individual from Friends of the Earth and three others from that sector. The Government Department nominees include the Secretaries General of the Department of Finance, Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Department of Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Education and Skills. The independent nominees, some of whom I nominated myself, are from the ESRI, National University of Ireland, Galway, Queen's University, Belfast, Trinity College, Dublin, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Credit Suisse, London, University College Dublin and from the chartered accountancy sector, all of whom are academics and have something valuable to offer.

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