Written answers
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Ministerial Appointments
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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263. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [28970/13]
Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table below.
Name of body | Number of appointments made to State boards since March 2011 | The number of positions advertised | The number of applications to the boards | The number of appointments drawn from the applications | Current vacancies on each board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arts Council | 4 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 0 |
Heritage Council | 6 | 7 | 79 | 3 | 1 |
National Concert Hall | 15 | 15 | 76 | 12 | 0 |
National Gallery of Ireland | 1 | N/A -appointment was underway prior to the introduction of the public application process | 0 | N/A | 2 |
Crawford Art Gallery | 8 (reappointments) | 1 | 8 appointments were reappointments. One position recently advertised, the closing date for receipt of applications is June 21st. | Position recently advertised, the closing date for receipt of applications is June 21st | *8 (Government Decision on Public Service Reform has reduced the Board to 9. Pending legislation, there will be no vacancies). |
Chester Beatty Library | 1 | 1 | Position recently advertised, the closing date for receipt of applications is June 21st | Position recently advertised, the closing date for receipt of applications is June 21st | 1 |
National Archives Advisory Council | 4 (reappointments) | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 |
Irish Manuscripts Commission | 19 | N/A - board members were reappointed in February 2013 pro tem during the public service reform initiative | 0 | N/A | 0 |
Údarás na Gaeltachta | 11 | Expressions of Interest were sought in respect of the 7 Ministerial nominees. Under legislation, the other five nominations are made by County Councils which have Gaeltacht areas within their jurisdictions. | *70 This figure includes 2 applications received directly, 1 by the Department and 1 by Údarás na Gaeltachta | Although all 11 appointments were made by the Minister, 4 were made on the nomination of county councils, in accordance with the provisions of the Gaeltacht Act 2012 and 4 appointments were made from the applications received through Publicjobs. | 1 |
National Library of Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
National Museum of Ireland | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 1 |
Irish Museum of Modern Art | 0 | Expressions of Interest were sought for current and future vacancies in May 2011 Expressions of Interest have again been sought in June 2013 | 69 Closing date for current applications 21st June 2013 | No appointments have been made to date. | 7 |
Irish Film board | 7 | 7 | 95 | 5 | 0 |
For completeness, appointments to the boards of Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency, which comprise An Foras Teanga, a North-South Implementation Body, are made by the North-South Ministerial Council, arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis from each jurisdiction.
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