Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the Programme for Government; the percentage at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39153/12]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy’s question, information of membership of State Boards is as follows.

NTMA Advisory Committee

The Board consists of 83% per cent male membership and 17% female membership.

Membership is as follows:

David Byrne

Tytti Noras (F)

Donald C Roth

Hugh Cooney

John Moran

Vacancy

NPRF Commission

The Board consists of 86% per cent male membership and 14% per cent female membership.

Membership is as follows:

Paul Carty

John A Canning Jnr

Brian Hillary

Maurice Keane

Knut N. Kjaer

Frances Ruane (F)

John Corrigan

SCA Policy Committee

The Board consists of 71% per cent male membership and 29% per cent female membership.

Membership is as follows:

Noel Whelan (Chairman),

Niamh Moran (F)

Tony Delany

Christopher Moore

Ms. Wendy Thompson (F)

Mr. Charlie Hardy

Mr. Fachtna Murphy

NDFA Board

The Board consists of 75% per cent male membership and 25% per cent female membership.

Membership is as follows:

John Corrigan

Brian Murphy

Ann Fitzgerald (F)

Anthony Jones

Peter McManamon

Gerry Murphy

Petrina Smyth (F)

Robert Watt

NAMA

The Board currently has 8 board members one of which is a woman. This represents 87.5% per cent male membership and 12.5% per cent female membership of the Board.

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

– Current gender breakdown – 80% male and 20% female.

Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal

- Current gender breakdown - 3 male members of the Board.

- This represents 60% per cent male membership of the Board.

- Currently 2 female members of the Board.

- This represents 40% per cent female membership of the Board.

The Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012 provides that the Minister for Finance shall, when appointing members to the Council, to the extent practicable, ensure an appropriate balanced between men and women in the membership of the Council (Schedule – paragraph 1(3)(a)). Under the Bill, the current members of the Council will become the first members of the statutory Council but with varying terms of office in order to set up a rotation of appointments. As and when new appointments are being made, the provision outlined above will apply.