Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 94: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will announce the new chairperson for the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1985/10]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Mr. David Andrews, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, was appointed to be Chairman of the Irish Red Cross Society for a three-year period commencing in May 2009. Mr. Andrews retired from this position with effect from the 31 December 2009 as a gesture of recognition of the reform process now under discussion. I commend him for his time and commitment to the Society at home and abroad.

The President of Ireland, by virtue of her Office, nominates the Chairman on the advice of Government. A name has not yet been put to Government for consideration but I hope that it will be possible to do so in the coming weeks. In the interim, the Vice Chairman of the Society acts in lieu of the Chairman.