Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made from March 2011 to date in 2013; the number of vacancies in State boards under his Department's remit from March 2011 to date in 2013; the number of vacancies on State boards under his Department's remit publically advertised from March 2011 to date in 2013; and the number of appointments to State boards under his remit drawn directly from the public advertisement process. [50016/13]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Since coming to Office, I have made 74 appointments to the Boards of Agencies under my Department’s remit. It should be noted that of these, only 25 of these were new appointments within my discretion. Nineteen appointments were reappointments and the remaining 30 were allocated under legislation to Department Representatives, social partners, nominees of other Ministers, nominees of prescribed bodies and appointments on an Ex Officio basis and were not appropriate, therefore, for public advertisement.

Of the 25 new appointments made at my discretion, 16 were selected from applications from the public.

A total of 25 vacancies on the State Boards under my Department’s remit were publicly advertised.

A breakdown by type of all appointments made by me to the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department since taking office, are listed in the table.

Breakdown of the State Board appointments made since March 2011