Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 491: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will list all appointments made by him between 14 January 2011 and 25 January 2011, inclusive, to State boards, agencies, quangos, bodies, authorities and other bodies within the aegis of his Department; the person appointed in each such case; their professional or personal qualifications which recommended them for the appointment in each case; the remuneration associated with the position; the selection process employed; if it was a new appointment or a reappointment; in the cases of reappointments, when the person was first appointed to the body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3655/11]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I have made no such appointments during the period referred to by the Deputy. For completeness, however, I should inform the Deputy that my colleague, Mr John Moloney, TD, Minister of State at my Department with responsibility for Disability and Mental Health, appointed Mr James O'Grady to the National Disability Authority on 18 January 2011 at an annual rate of remuneration of €5,985. This was a new appointment. Mr O'Grady, a former Assistant National Director of the HSE, who worked for many years on disability issues with the former Mid-Western Health Board, was appointed in line with the criteria set out in section 20 of the National Disability Authority Act 1999 (as amended by the Disability Act 2005).