Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42662/12]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I assume the Deputy is referring to appointment to actual posts in my Department or to Boards of Agencies.

Two retired senior civil servants currently hold posts to which they were appointed by me. I appointed Ms Julie O'Neill, retired Secretary General, Department of Transport, to the Board of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on 15th September 2011 for a period of three years, subject to Section 10 of The Sustainable Energy Act 2002. Ms O'Neill’s application and CV were submitted through the Department's call for 'Expressions of Interest' to be considered for State boards, advertised on the Department’s website from 3rd-17th June 2011.

I reappointed Mr Seán Fitzgerald, a former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy, to the board of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation (INPC) on 1 June 2011.