Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [12527/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Science Foundation Ireland.

Mr. John Travers and Professor Martina Newell McGloughlin were appointed as members of the Board of Science Foundation Ireland on 25 July 2007. These appointments were published in Irish Oifigiúil on the 14 of September 2007. Professor Rita Colwell and Mr. Tom Boland were appointed as members of the Board of Science Foundation Ireland on 31 of March 2008 and 1 of April 2008 respectively. These appointments will be published in Iris Oifigiúil shortly. There are no current vacancies on the Board of Science Foundation Ireland. It is anticipated that two members of the Board will retire from office on the 25 of July 2008.

IDA Ireland

Mr. Barry O'Leary, CEO, was appointed on 19 December 2007. The notice of his appointment was published in the Iris Oifigiúil on 4 January 2008.

Ms. Loretta Brennan Glucksman was re-appointed on 19 December 2007. The notice of her appointment was published in the Iris Oifigiúil on 4 January 2008.

Mr. Lionel Alexander was appointed on 19 March 2008. The notice of his appointment was sent to Iris Oifigiúil on 27 March 2008 and has yet to be published. This should be published in the near future.

There are currently no vacancies on the Board of IDA Ireland.

Enterprise Ireland

Mr. Liam Meaney, and Mr. Gearoid Doyle were appointed to the Board of Enterprise Ireland on 17 January 2008.

Ms Helen Nugent was appointed to the Board of Enterprise Ireland on 18 March, 2008.

None of the above appointments have yet been published in Iris Oifigiúil. However, they will be published in the near future.

There are no vacancies on the Enterprise Ireland Board at present, however, from July of this year, three members of the Board will retire.

Forfás

Dr. Frank Gannon, Director General, Science Foundation Ireland, was appointed to the board of Forfás on 2 July 2007. The notice of his appointment was published in the Iris Oifigiúil on 20 July 2007.

Mr. Sean Gorman and Mr. Eoin O'Driscoll were re-appointed to the board of Forfás on 1 January 2008.

Mr. Barry O'Leary, Chief Executive Officer, IDA Ireland, was appointed to the board of Forfás on 1 January 2008.

Details of all three appointments were published in Iris Oifigiúil on 18 March 2008.

There are no existing vacancies on the Forfás Board and none are anticipated up to 1 October 2008.

Shannon Development

No appointments were made to the Board of Shannon Development from 3 July 2007 to date and no vacancies exist at present. The two longest serving Board members retire at the Company's AGM which normally coincides with the April Board meeting. No other vacancies are anticipated between now and 1 October 2008. Appointments to the Shannon Development Board are published in Iris Oifigiúil.

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Ms Helen Curley was appointed to the Board of the National Standards Authority of Ireland on 21 January 2008. Her appointment was published in Iris Oifigiúil on 8 February 2008.

Three vacancies will arise on the Board of the National Standards Authority of Ireland on 14 April 2008.

Crafts Council of Ireland

Mr. Jim Dunne, Ms. Jean Byrne and Ms Anna Foy were appointed to the Board of the Crafts Council of Ireland on 13 September 2007

None of these appointments have yet been published in Iris Oifigúil. However, they will be published in the coming weeks.

There will be no Ministerial Board vacancies between now and the end of October 2008 on the Crafts Council of Ireland's (CCOI) Board. There will be four other vacancies on the Board and these will be filled at the Council's AGM on June 12 2008.

County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs)

The 35 CEBs are individual companies limited by guarantee and appointment to their Boards is effected by ordinary Resolution of the Board of Directors, as set out in the Articles of Association of each Board. My Department does not have a role in such appointments.

The Health and Safety Authority

The Board of the Health and Safety Authority was appointed for a 3-year term on 20 December 2007. Details of these appointments were published in Iris Oifigiúil on 4 January 2008.

Chairperson:

Mr. Jim. Lyons

Representing employers

Ms Marian Byron

Mr. Sean Corrigan

Mr. Dermot Carey

Representing Employees

Mr. Eamon Devoy

Dessie Robinson

Ms Esther Lynch

Ministerial appointments

Ms Christina McEleney

Ms Rosy Sheerin

Mr. Pat Kearney

Ms Anne Marie Hayes

There is one current vacancy under the heading of Ministerial appointments and this appointment is likely to be made in the near future. There are no further anticipated appointments expected before 1st October 2008.

The Labour Court

Ms Paidrigín Ní Mhurchú was reappointed as a Member of the Labour Court on 3 September 2007. Her appointment was published in Iris Oifigiúil on 17 August 2008.

Mr. Jack Nash was reappointed as a Member of the Labour Court on 3 November 2007. His appointment was published in Iris Oifigiúil on 30 October 2008.

There are no vacancies expected in the Labour Court before 1 October 2007.

The Labour Relations Commission

Ms Joan Carmichael was reappointed as a Rights Commissioner on 26 July 2007, notice of her appointment was published in Iris Oifigiúl on 31 July 2007.

Mr. Jim O'Connell; Mr. Seán Reilly; Mr. John Walsh; Mr. Eugene Hanly and Ms Rosaleen Glackin were appointed as Rights Commissioners on 1 November 2007. Notice of these appointments was published in Iris Oifigiúl on 30 October 2007 except in the case of Ms Glackin, whose notice was published on 11 November 2007.

Ms Emer O'Shea and Ms Gaye Cunningham were appointed as Rights Commissioners on 1 January 2008. Notice of these appointments was published in Iris Oifigiúl on 11 January 2008.

There is one vacancy expected in the Rights Commissioner service on 22 September 2008.

Employment Appeals Tribunal

Aidan O'Mara was appointed to on 17 August 2007. Notice of his appointment was published in Iris Oifigiúl on 17 August 2007.

Ms Kate O'Mahony was reappointed as chairman of the Tribunal on 22 January 2008, notice of her appointment was published in Iris Oifigiúl on 25 January 2008.

Mr Paul Clarke and Mr Liam Tobin were appointed on 30 January 2008, notice of their appointments was published in Iris Oifigiúl on 1 February 2008.

Expert Group on Future Skills Needs

Ms Una Halligan was appointed to the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs on 18 March 2008. This appointment has not been published in Iris Oifigúil

Redundancy Panel

The Redundancy Panel may be set up under the Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Other Related Matters) Act 2007, and only comes into existence on receipt of a request for adjudication to the Secretary General from the employer or employees involved in a collective redundancy situation which is regarded by them as exceptional. The Minister also may initiate a request to the Redundancy Panel if he feels it is so warranted. The Panel, which has nominated members from ICTU and IBEC and is chaired by NIB has not yet been invoked.

Appointments to Joint Labour Committees of

1. Chairman and

2. Independent member and chairman in the absence of the Chairman

InterTradeIreland

In accordance with the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999, the North/South Ministerial Council appoints the members of the Board of InterTradeIreland. The North/South Ministerial Council meeting in Institutional Format on the 17 December 2007 appointed the following to the Board:

Dr. David Dobbin (Chair)

Mr. John Fitzgerald (Vice Chair)

Ms. Rosaleen Doherty

Mr. Jack Gilmour

Mr. Padraig Mac Lochlainn

Dr. Gerard O'Hare

Mr. Tom Scott

Mr. Brendan Butler

Ms Patricia McKeown

Mr. Hugh Logue

Mr. Sean Gallagher

Mr. Ray Doherty

The issue of publication in Iris Oifigiúil is not applicable. These appointments are made by the North/South Ministerial Council.

Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA)

Mr. Gerard Scully was appointed to the Board of IAASA on 12 July 2007. Under Section 11 of the Companies Act, 2003, there is no requirement to publish in Irish Oifiguil. There are no vacancies on the Board of IASSA and none are anticipated before 1st October 2008.

National Consumer Agency

In accordance with Section 10(7) of the Consumer Protection Act, two vacancies will arise on the Board of the NCA on the anniversary of the establishment day, i.e. 1 May 2008.

High Level Group on Business Regulation

On the 6th March 2007 the Government agreed to the establishment of a new structure to facilitate the direct engagement of business with Government in tackling administrative burdens. The High Level Group had its first meeting in July 2007. Members of the Group were appointed on various dates prior to the first meeting.

Sean Gorman (Chairman)

Liam Berney

Patricia Callan

Marie Daly

Pat Delaney

Gearoid Doyle

Pat Farrell

Mark Fielding

Liam Irwin

Philip Kelly

Irene Lynch Fannon

Steve MacFeely

Ann Nolan

Tom O'Mahony

Breda Power

Advisory Group on Media Mergers

The following persons have agreed to sit on the Advisory Group:

Mr. Paul Sreenan, Senior Counsel (Chairperson)

Professor Colum Kenny, Dublin City University

Ms Olive Braiden, Arts Council

Mr. Michael O'Keeffe, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland

Mr. Peter Cassells, National Centre for Partnership & Performance

Mr. Marc Coleman, Author, Broadcaster and Writer.

Mr. John Herlihy, Chief Executive, Google Ireland