Gay Mitchell (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has satisfied himself that the recruitment of employees by public based partnership boards is fair, professional and subject to independent oversight or audit (details supplied). [27043/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP) provides a series of Measures, funded under the National Development Plan 2000-2006, that are designed to tackle social exclusion, deliver a more sustainable economy, improve employment prospects and balance regional development.

The LDSIP is delivered locally by 38 Partnerships, 31 Community Groups and 2 Employment Pacts, which are not-for-profit private companies focusing on combating disadvantage and social exclusion in their areas.

Each company is a private company and is responsible in the first place for its own governance. However, in its administration of the LDSIP on behalf of my Department, Pobal has an involvement in and keeps general oversight of the recruitment of senior personnel by area partnership companies. [27020/06]