Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the basis on which it was decided that the current chairperson of the Pensions Board was the best candidate for the role; her views on whether this decision should be re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5695/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The current Chairperson of the Pensions Board was appointed by one of my predecessors, the late Seamus Brennan, in January 2006, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 2 (as amended by section 50 of the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2002 (No.18 of 2002)) of the First Schedule to the Pensions Act, 1990 (No. 25 of 1990), as he was considered to be a most suitable person for the position.