James Breen (Clare, Independent)
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Question 389: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons with disabilities he has appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33017/05]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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There are four boards-committees under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affairs: the advisory board for Development Co-operation Ireland; the development education advisory committee; the board of the Ireland-United States Commission for Educational Exchange — Fulbright Commission; and the Díon committee, an advisory committee to the Government on the situation of Irish emigrants in Britain. To the best of my knowledge, and while it may not always be apparent if a person has a disability, there are no persons with disabilities among those appointed to the above boards-committees.