Written answers
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Department of Health
Appointments to State Boards
2:00 pm
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 233: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all appointments to State boards, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately, she has made since coming to office; the details of any remuneration or expenses arrangement that applies in respect of each appointment; the vacancies on the boards that had been publicly advertised; and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning. [29262/11]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Since coming to office, I have made 6 appointments to State boards falling within the aegis of my Department. None of these appointments related to the appointment of a Chairperson. The details of these appointments are set out in tabular format:
Agency | Name | Date of appointment | Remuneration payable |
Family Support Agency | Mr. Dick Hickey | 2 June 2011 | €5,985 per annum |
Family Support Agency | Ms. Catherine Hazlett | 26 July 2011 | No remuneration payable |
Family Support Agency | Ms. Yvette O'Malley | 1 September 2011 | No remuneration payable |
Family Support Agency | Ms. Marie Fenlon | 1 September 2011 | €5,985 per annum |
National Educational Welfare Board | Mr. Brendan Broderick | 15 September 2011 | No remuneration payable |
National Educational Welfare Board | Mr. Eamon Flynn | 15 September 2011 | No remuneration payable |
The appointments to the Family Support Agency were out-going members who were re-appointed by me. No remuneration is payable to two of these members as they are officers of my Department and of the agency respectively. No remuneration is paid to ordinary members appointed to the National Educational Welfare Board.
I recently advertised 12 board vacancies across the different agencies that fall under the aegis of my Department and have received 24 expressions of interest from members of the public to-date, details of which are currently under review by officials from my Department.
Agency | No. of Vacancies | Expressions of interest |
Adoption Authority of Ireland | 2 | 1 |
Family Support Agency | 7 | 13 |
National Educational Welfare Board | 3 | 10 |
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