Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the appointments to State boards, bodies or committees made since 24 May, 2007 to date in 2007; the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies exist; the number of vacancies in each case; the State boards, bodies or committees in which vacancies are anticipated to arise up to an including 1 January, 2008; and the number of vacancies in each case. [18827/07]

Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of appointments to State boards, State bodies or other like entities which he envisages making or nominating in the period 1 July to 31 December 2007; the board, body or entity involved in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19033/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 571 and 580 together.

A number of different statutory processes are involved in appointments to state boards and bodies under the aegis of my Department. In some cases statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Government or by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. In other cases only particular public office holders may be appointed to certain boards and bodies. In a number of situations, only some appointments to the body or board concerned are made by the Minister.

The information requested in relation to the state boards and bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the following tables: