Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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66. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he intends to fill vacancies at the Censorship of Publications Board, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Chester Beatty Library and the Arts Council; the reason for the delay in these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44485/13]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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67. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [44235/13]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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85. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an advertisement on 4 June seeking board members for the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Chester Beatty Library, the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, the Arts Council, the Irish Architectural Archive and Archbishop Marsh's Library; the process by which he intends to appoint persons to these positions; the measures he will take to ensure that the persons taking up the positions will have the appropriate qualifications and experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44245/13]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 67 and 85 together.

The information sought concerning the current vacancies on the State boards of bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group is set out in the following table. It may be noted that appointments to the board of Foras na Gaeilge are made by the North South Ministerial Council, arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis from each jurisdiction.

As the Deputies may be aware, on 4 June 2013 an advertisement was published on my Department's website seeking expressions of interest in future vacancies for board members on

- the Board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art;

- the Board of Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library;

- the Board of Crawford Art Gallery, Cork;

- the Arts Council;

- the Board of the Irish Architectural Archive; and

- the Board of Governors and Guardians of Archbishop Marsh's Library .

There was also a process carried out by the Department of Justice and Law Reform to seek expressions of interest in vacancies on the Censorship of Publications Board and the Censorship of Publications Appeals Board.

Given that the Public Service Reform Plan reduces the membership of certain boards to 9, I do not intend to fill all current vacancies. I have been considering the applications received, however, and I expect to be in a position to make appointments very shortly in a number of the bodies referred to by the Deputies.