Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that a person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company should be a member of a State board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22538/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Appointments to boards of State bodies are, in the first instance, subject to the relevant legislation governing the establishment of the bodies in question. Generally, appointments to the boards of State bodies are made by the relevant Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance. I can assure the Deputy that, as Minister for Finance, I would expect that all such appointments would meet the very highest standards of general suitability and of probity. If the Deputy is referring to a specific case, or cases, the issue should be raised with the relevant Minister, or Ministers, in the first instance.