Written answers
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
Appointments to State Boards
5:00 pm
Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson shown separately; if the vacancies on the boards were publicly advertised; who out of any appointments made applied through the publicly advertised process, and the prospective nominees that went before the Oireachtas committee for questioning. [13304/12]
Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy, as conveyed to my Department by the relevant bodies, is contained in the table.
| State Body/Agency | Board members appointed by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht since his appointment. | Chairpersons appointed by the Minister since his appointment. | Were the board vacancies publicly advertised? | Details of appointees who applied through the publicly advertised process. | Details of nominees who appeared before the Oireachtas committee for questioning. |
| Heritage Council | Dr Ciara BreathnachDr Kieran O'ConorTed CreedonCatherine HeaneyDr Fidelma MullaneMichael Parsons | None | Yes | Ted CreedonMichael Parsons | None |
| Arts Council | Eimear O'ConnorCiaran WalshMark O'ReganJohn Fanning | None | Yes | None | None |
| National Gallery of Ireland | Fred Krehbiel | None | No; this appointment was underway prior to the new arrangements concerning the appointment of State board members. | None | None |
| National Concert Hall | Kieran Tobin (Chair)Dearbhla CollinsJohn McGraneLaurie CearrGina MenziesBruce ArnoldMargaret RyanRay BatesAlma HynesArtemis KentDeborah KelleherPeter McEvoyPat HeneghanRachel HolsteadPatricia Slavin | Kieran Tobin | Yes | 12 of the appointees submitted expressions of interest.Kieran Tobin (Chair)Dearbhla CollinsJohn McGraneLaurie CearrGina MenziesBruce ArnoldMargaret RyanRay BatesDeborah KelleherPat HeneghanRachel HolsteadPatricia Slavin | Mr Tobin appeared before the Joint Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht. |
| Crawford Art Gallery | John Bowen (Chair)Sheila MaguireNoel O'KeefeÚna FeelyJim CorrTim BrosnanTim Lucey | John Bowen | No; all of the appointments were re-appointments. | N/A | N/A |
| Chester Beatty Library | Patricia Donlon | None | Yes | None | None |
For completeness, the table below sets out appointments to the boards of Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster Scots Agency, which comprise An Foras Teanga. Appointments to the boards of the North/South bodies are not made by the Minister but by the North South Ministerial Council arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis from each jurisdiction.
| State Body/Agency | Board members appointed since the appointment of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht. | Chairpersons appointed by the Minister since his appointment. | Details of board vacancies publicly advertised. | Details of appointees who applied through the publicly advertised process. | Details of nominees who appeared before the Oireachtas committee for questioning. |
| Foras na Gaeilge | Liam Ó Maolmhichíl (Chair)Eoghan Mac Cormaic (Vice Chair)Pól CallaghanColm CavanaghÁine Ní ChiaráinBríd Ní ChonghóileLiam KennedySeosamh Mac DonnchadhaTomás Mac EochagáinMarcus Mac RuairiSeán Mícheál Ó DómhnaillDónal Ó hAiniféinTherese RuaneTomás SharkeyCáitríona Ní Shúilleabháin | Liam Ó Maolmhichíl | N/A; Foras na Gaeilge is an agency of the North South Language Body. The appointments were made by the North South Ministerial Council, on the basis of 50:50 nominations from each jurisdiction. | N/A | N/A |
| Ulster Scots Agency | Tom Scott (Chair)Tony Crooks (Vice Chair)Ida FisherWilliam LeathamVal O'KellyHilary SingletonSharon Tracey-DunneTrevor Wilson | Tom Scott | N/A; The Ulster Scots Agency is an agency of the North South Language Body. The appointments were made by the North South Ministerial Council, on the basis of 50:50 nominations from each jurisdiction. | N/A | N/A |
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