Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport when a Chairman to Dublin Port Company will be appointed; his views on whether it is inconsistent to be insisting on certain appointments to the boards of financial institutions in the interests of proper corporate governance, when a company within his remit has been without a chairman for almost twelve months; the reasons for the delay in filling this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43745/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Dublin Port Company currently has a board with seven directors and one vacancy. There is no Ministerially appointed chairman at present. However, in the absence of such a chairman, the Articles of Association provide for the board to select a chairman from among the directors. The board continues to follow all the usual corporate governance procedures. I hope to be in a position to fill the vacancy soon.