Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of the State boards whose membership are determined by his Department; the date on which each of these memberships is due for renewal or appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24963/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The following are the State Boards whose membership is determined by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Public Appointment Service

The following have been nominated and have agreed to serve on the Board of PAS.

Mr. Eddie Sullivan, Chairman

Mr. Des Dowling, Assistant Secretary - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

Ms Deirdre O'Keeffe, Assistant Secretary - Department of Justice and Equality

Ms Patricia Coleman, Director - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Mr. Seán McGrath - National Director of HR in the HSE

Ms Judith Eve – former Chairperson the Civil Service Commissioners, Northern Ireland - Ministerial Nomination

Mr. Eddie Molloy – HR Consultant - Ministerial Nomination

Mr. Dan Murphy, former General Secretary of the PSEU – nominated by ICTU

The final member of the Board is Mr. Bryan Andrews, CEO of the PAS who holds office on an ex officio basis.

The appointments are for a period of three years and it is proposed that they will take effect from 1 September 2011.

The Public Appointments Service was established, under the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004, on 19th October 2004.

I (in consultation with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, the Minister for Health and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence) have in accordance with the provisions of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act, 2004, appointed the following persons as members of the Board of the Public Appointments Service (with effect from 1st September, 2011).

An Post National Lottery

An Post National Lottery has a board of seven directors, four of whom (including the chairman) are nominated by an Post and appointed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform while the remaining three directors are both nominated and appointed by the Minister. A director's term of office is generally for three years and a director may serve more than one term of office.

The dates on which each director's term will end are set out in the table below:

The Standards in Public Office Commission

The Standards in Public Office Commission is an independent body established in December 2001 under the Standards in Public Office Act 2001. This legislation was introduced in the Dáil by the Minister for Finance. It is an independent public body - it is not a state agency, and does not carry out departmental policy. It supervises the Ethics in Public Office, the Electoral, and the Party Leaders' Allowance legislation. The Chair of the Commission is appointed by the President on the advice of the Government following resolutions passed by each House of the Oireachtas recommending the appointment. The Ordinary Member is appointed by the Government following resolutions passed by each House approving the proposed appointment.