Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised; the number of applications to the boards; the number of appointments to the board that were drawn from the applications; the current number of vacancies on each board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28978/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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For the period March 2011 to date, I have appointed a total of 252 people to boards under the aegis of my Department. Of these, 153 were appointments where I, as Minister for Health, have full discretion to nominate and appoint under the relevant legislation. The remaining 99 were appointed on foot of nominations by various bodies, again in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions. There has been a total of 29 advertising campaigns undertaken by the Public Appointments Service and my Department with 368 people applying for posts. Of the 153 appointments, where I have discretion to nominate and appoint, 61 were from applications received following the advertising processes.

The current number of vacancies on each board are as follows: