Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of board appointees he has made since he came to office; the names, salaries and expenses of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37356/12]

Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments that have been made to positions available on the boards of semi-State companies and statutory agencies following public advertisement; if he will provide details of the names of persons who have been appointed under this initiative and the agencies on which they now sit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40034/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1032 and 1147 together.

The information requested is outlined the following table:

*The board of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority was reappointed from 1 May 2012 and replaced by a new board from 1 June 2012 which will continue in place until 31 December 2013.

**Those members of the PRTB Board who are entitled to fees are paid such fees on an attendance basis only. Details regarding the scale of fees and the amounts paid are published in the annual reports of the PRTB.

Reference to remuneration to chairs and members of Boards is to the level of fee to which they are entitled. Where public servants are appointed to Boards, no fees are payable.

All appointments are made in accordance with the appropriate legislation governing appointments to each body. In considering applications due regard is had to Government policy regarding gender balance on State Boards.

A number of different statutory processes are involved in appointments to State boards. In some cases statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Government or by the Minister. In a number of situations, only some appointments to the body concerned are made by the Minister, or appointments are made with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

The Boards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and An Bord Pleanala are executive in nature and members are employed on a full time salaried basis. The appointments as Chairperson of An Bord Pleanála and Director General of the EPA were made by Government following competitions held by the Public Appointments Service.

The Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (HSCA) was established on 1 August 2012 under the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (Establishment) Order 2012. I have the appointment of the Board of the HSCA, under consideration at present.

The Dormant Accounts Board will be dissolved by the end of 2012 when the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act, 2012 is commenced.

The following members were appointed to the Board of Pobal, a not-for-profit company under the aegis of my Department, by Government:

Mr. Séamus Boland (Chair)

Mr. Thomas Maguire

Mr. Liam Keane

Ms. Siobhan McLoughlin

Ms. Jennifer McHugh

Ms. Marie Hurley

Article 3 of the Articles of Association of Pobal requires me to consider nominations received from a list of stakeholders and the Social Partners defined by Government in 2005.