Written answers
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
Appointments to State Boards
4:00 pm
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of State boards in relation to the percentage of participation of women and men in each one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17556/12]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There are currently 12 State Bodies that fall under the aegis of my Department. Of these, I have made appointments to those Boards listed in the following table since I became Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
| Body/Agency | No of Board Members | Names of Board Members2011 | Breakdown of gender (%) | No of Board appointments | Name |
| Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board | 7 | Mr Mark O'Connell (Chair)Mr Brendan BriceMs Camilla KeaneMr Mario J MinehaneMr Sean MurphyAn tUasal Lorcan O'CinneideMr Michael Sweeney | Male : 86%Female: 14% | 2 | Mr Brendan BriceMs Camilla Keane |
| An Bord Bia | 15 | Mr Michael Carey (Chair)Mr John BryanMr Gary BrownDr Noel CawleyMr John ComerMr Michael CroninMs Anne Maria DennisonMr Kieran DunneMr Frank HayesMs Rhona HollandMr John KingstonProf Fergal O'GaraMr Brody Sweeney+2 vacancies | Male : 85%Female: 15% | 8( including the Chair) | Mr Michael Carey (Chair)Mr John BryanMr Gary BrownMr John ComerMr Michael CroninMs Rhona HollandMr John KingstonMr Brody Sweeney |
| Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) | 6 | Ms Rose McHugh (Chair)Mr Enda BonnerMr Thomas KavanaghMr Sean O'DonoghueMr Paidi O'Se+1 vacancy | Male : 80%Female: 20% | 1 | Mr Sean O'Donoghue |
| Bord na gCon | 7 | Mr Philip Meaney (Chair)Mr Timothy GilbertMr Tony McNameeMr Brendan MooreMr Matt MurphyMr William O'DwyerMs Teresa Wall | Male : 86%Female: 14% | 5 (incl re-appointed) | Mr Philip Meaney (Chair)Mr Tim GilbertMr Tony McNameeMr Brendan MooreMr Matt Murphy |
| Coillte | 9 | Mr Brendan McKenna (Chair)Mr Breffini ByrneMr Denis J ByrneMs Alma KellyMr Oliver McCabeMr Seamus MurrayDr Yvonne ScanlanMr Frank Toal+1 vacancy | Male : 75%Female: 25% | 1 | Mr Oliver McCabe |
| Horse Racing Ireland | 14 | Mr Denis Brosnan (Chair)Mr Bernard CaldwellMr Noel CloakeMr William FloodMr Joe HeronMr Michael HickeyMr Francis HylandMr Noel MeadeMr John MoloneyMr Jim NicholsonMr Neville O'ByrneMs Mary O'ConnorMr John PowerMr Roddy Ryan | Male : 93%Female: 7% | 3 | Mr Neville O'ByrneMs Mary O'ConnorMr Noel Meade |
| Irish National Stud | 7 | Lady O'Reilly (Chair)Mr Jim BeecherDr Sean BradyMr P.J. FitzpatrickMs Jessica HarringtonMr Paul ShellyMr Dermot Weld | Male : 71%Female: 29% | 0 | - |
| Marine Institute | 9 | Mr Jim Fennell (Chair)Mr Francis CoyleProf Bernie HanniganMr Richard FlynnMr Lorcan O' CinneideDr Eleanor O'HigginsMs Emer RoganMr Michael Walsh+1 vacancy | Male : 62%Female: 38% | - | |
| National Milk Agency | 14 | Mr Denis Murphy (Chair)Mr Eamonn BrayMr Jerome CrowleyMr Richard DonohueMr John FosterMr George KearnsMr Donal KelleherMr Michael KilcoyneMr Walter MaloneyMr Eamonn McEnteggartMr Padraig MulliganMr John O'CallaghanMr Tony O'DriscollMr Frank Tobin | Male : 100%Female: 0% | 0 | - |
| Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) | 3 | Mr Peter Whelan (Chair)Mr Andrew KinneenMr Micheal O'Mahony | Male : 100%Female: 0% | 0 | |
| Teagasc | 11 | Dr Noel Cawley (Chair)Mr James J BrettMs Marie ChristieMr Tom CollinsMr Eddie DowneyMr Joe FizgeraldProf Patrick FottrellMr Padraig GibbonsMr Martin HeraghtyMr Frank O'MahonyMs Margaret Sweeney | Male : 82%Female: 18% | 1 | Thomas Cooke – nominated by ICMSA |
| Veterinary Council | 19 | Mr Séan O'Laoide (Chair)Ms Barbara BentMr William CashmanMr Joseph P CassidyMr Joseph A CollinsMr Daniel J ConnollyMr Thomas HanleyMs Dairine MacFaddenMs Grace MulcahyMr Finbar MulliganMs Melanie O'DonoghueMr John O'RourkeMs Margaret O'SullivanMs Meta OsborneMr Seamus QuinnMr Patrick J RoganMr Fergus SmithMr Patrick J TaltyMs Lindy Vaughan | Male : 63%Female: 37% | 5 | Mr Michael Joseph SheahanMr Peadar Ó'ScanaillMr Michael Patrick Mary SadlierMs Deirdre Patricia CampionMr Martin Blake |
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