Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the members of the National Framework Committee for Work Life Balance; the way in which they have been selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29596/09]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The National Framework Committee for Family Friendly Policies was established by the Social Partners in 2000 under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness. The committee was continued and renamed in 2003, under Sustaining Progress, as the National Framework Committee for Work Life Balance Policies. The remit of the Framework Committee has been continued under the current national partnership agreement, Towards 2016.

Representatives from the following eight organisations participate on the committee, IBEC, ICTU, the Equality Authority, the Departments Social and Family Affairs, an Taoiseach, Finance, Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Enterprise, Trade and Employment. My Department provides the chairperson and the secretariat for the Committee.

None of the committee members are personally appointed by me. It is a matter for each of the bodies participating on the committee as to who should represent them and, in practice, different people may attend from time to time depending on the issues being discussed.