Written answers
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Departmental Agencies
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of organisations or agencies under the aegis of his Department that have vacancies on their board; the length of time any such vacancies have been unfilled; the number of vacancies that have been advertised; the number of applications to fill such vacancies that have been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4858/13]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is as follows:
Agency | Number of Vacancies | Date Vacancy Arose | Number of Vacancies Advertised | Number of Applications Received to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Bord Pleanála | 2* | 30 June 2010 and 1 January 2012 | N/A | N/A |
| Housing Finance Agency | 1** | 1 March 2012 | N/A | N/A |
| Housing Sustainable Communities Agency | 3 | 1 August 2012 | All | Process being handled by Public Appointments S ervice. Applications close on 8 February 2013. |
| Private Residential Tenancies Board | 2 | 31 December 2012 | All | 22 |
| Radiological Protection Institute Ireland | 1 | 19 September 2012 | Position will remain vacant due to impending merger with Environmental Protection Agency | - |
| Western Development Commission | 1 | 7 September 2012 | It is not proposed to fill this vacancy at present. | - |
| Pobal*** | 1 | 3 December 2012 | A notice was placed on the Department’s website on 3 August 2012 seeking expressions of interest from people interested in filling vacancies, as they arise, on the Board of Pobal. | 34 |
*Two temporary Board members were recently appointed to deal with a backlog of cases. There are no plans to appoint any permanent Board members at present.
** A recruitment process for the post of Chief Executive Officer is currently underway and that position when filled is an automatic appointment to the Board.
*** Pobal is a not-for-profit private company limited by guarantee with charitable status which manages programmes on behalf of the Irish Government and the EU.
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 another Minister.
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