Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 116: To ask the Taoiseach 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 Iris Oifigiúil; 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. [12803/08]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the table below. Organisational Review ProgrammeI agreed last September to the appointment of the following three persons to the Steering Committee on the Organisational Review Programme (ORP):

Mr. Denis Casey, Group Chief Executive, Irish Life and Permanent;

Ms. Jan Mottram, HR Director, Vodafone Ireland; and

Mr. John Quilliam, School of Business Studies, Trinity College Dublin.

These external members of the Steering Committee are assisting the ORP team that is undertaking the pilot phase of the reviews, which covers the following Departments: (i) Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; (ii) Enterprise, Trade and Employment; and (iii) Transport.

The Steering Committee, which is chaired by the Secretary General of my Department, also includes the Secretary General, Public Service Management and Development, Department of Finance and the Secretaries General of the three Departments under review. The latter three Secretaries General will be replaced by the Heads of the three Departments and/or Offices to be examined in the next phase, which will likely get under way before October. It is not possible at this stage to indicate whether vacancies will arise with regard to the external members of the Committee for the next phase.

The external members are participating on a non-remunerative basis and as the Committee is informal in nature, the need for publication or notification in Iris Oifigiuil does not arise.

National Economic and Social Forum

There are currently no vacancies in the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF). The following Oireachtas members were nominated between November 2007 and February 2008 to the NESF.

Appointments to the NESF are made in accordance with the provisions of the National Economic and Social Development Office Act, 2006.

National Centre for Partnership and Performance

Appointments to the Council of the National Centre for Partnership and Performance (NCPP) are made in accordance with the provisions of the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) Act, 2006, given that the NCPP is one of NESDO's constituent bodies.

Three vacancies are anticipated on the NCPP Council resulting from changes in representation from IBEC and the Departments of Finance and Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Appointments will be made to fill these vacancies in the near future.

National Statistics Board

The appointments to the National Statistics Board (NSB) made since 3 July 2007 to date in 2008 are set out in the table below:

There is no legislative obligation to publish the names of appointees in Iris Oifigiúil. All 8 positions on the NSB are currently filled and it is not anticipated that any vacancies will arise in 2008.