Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government has changed the process of appointing State board chairpersons, and those who wish to can apply through the publicjobs.iewebsite for consideration for appointment to State boards.

For the first time since the foundation of the State, persons deemed appropriate for appointment to State boards go before the relevant Oireachtas committee to bring forward the experience they offer to the board in question. It is a case of appointing to boards people with a measure of experience.

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