Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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495. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will name all persons appointmented by her to all boards or agencies under the aegis of her Department since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46023/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Board, the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal.

Citizens Information Board

I have made three appointments to the Citizens Information Board (CIB) since March 2011.

Mr. Eugene McErlean was appointed with effect from 7 September 2011. This followed an advertisement for expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced individuals on the Department’s website, which invited applicants to register their interest through the Public Appointments Service (PAS) website, .

The other two appointments did not require public advertisement as one was the Department’s representative to the Board, Ms. Fiona Ward, first appointed on 1 November 2011, and the other was the CIB’s staff representative to the Board, Mr. David Stratton who was appointed on 5 November 2012.

Pensions Board

No appointments have been advertised or made by me since I took office in March 2011.

Social Welfare Tribunal

The Board of the Social Welfare Tribunal consists of a Chairperson and four ordinary members, two of whom are nominated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and two by the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC), in accordance with legislation.

Six appointments have been made to the Tribunal since March 2011. One of the ICTU members of the Tribunal resigned in 2011 and, on ICTU’s nomination, a replacement member was appointed from 24 October 2011. All appointments were due for renewal on 4 October 2012.

Details of appointments to the Tribunal are listed as follows: