Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the appointments to State boards, bodies or committees made since 3 July 2007 to date in 2008; the names of the persons so appointed; the dates on which the names of those persons were published in [i]Iris Oifigiúil[/i]; the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist; the number of vacancies in each case; the State boards, bodies or committees in which vacancies are anticipated to arise up to and including 1 October 2008; and the number of vacancies in each case. [12528/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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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: