Written answers

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Appointments to State Boards

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form year on year the number of commercial and non-commercial State agency board positions, under the aegis of his Department that have been filled since March 2011 to December 2013; the number of these positions that were publically advertised; and the number of female appointments. [1375/14]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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In the period of the Government’s term of office up to 30 September 2013, the latest date for which information is available, the appointments set out in the Table were made to the Boards of State Bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Agency / BoardName of AppointeeDate of Appointment
Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson)29/08/2011
Mr. Conall Boland (Deputy Chairperson)01/01/2012
Ms. Mary MacMahon 27/11/2011
Mr. Michael Leahy14/05/2012
Mr. Nicholas Mulcahy21/05/2012
Mr. Gabriel Dennison21/05/2012
Mr. Paddy Keogh21/05/2012
Ms. Oznar Yucel-Finn28/01/2013
An Bord Pleanála *Mr. Robert Ryan 28/01/2013
Prof. Niamh Brennan (Chairperson)01/05/2012
Mr. Niall Coveney01/05/2012
Mr. Dónall Curtin01/05/2012
Ms. Yvonne Farrell01/05/2012
Mr. Mark Griffin (Departmental staff member)01/05/2012
Mr. Brendan Malone01/05/2012
Ms. Catherine Mullarkey01/05/2012
Mr. John Tierney (Chairperson)01/06/2012
Mr. Gerry Grimes01/06/2012
Dr. Philip Matthews01/06/2012
Ms. Lucy McCafferty01/06/2012
Mr. Charlie Murphy01/06/2012
Ms. Imelda Reynolds01/06/2012
Mr. Michael Stubbs01/06/2012
Dublin Docklands Development Authority Executive Board**Mr. Frank Walsh01/06/2012
Ms. Laura Burke (Director General)08/11/2011
Mr. Dara Lynott (Deputy Director General)12/07/2012
Mr. Gerard O'Leary08/05/2012
Environmental Protection Agency*Mr. Mícheál Ó Cinnéide25/08/2013
Dr. Michelle Norris (Chairperson)22/02/2012
Mr. John Hogan (Department of Finance nominee)22/02/2012
Mr. Phillip Nugent (Departmental representative)22/02/2012
Ms. Jackie Maguire (CCMA representative)13/03/2012
Mr. Colm Brophy13/03/2012
Mr. Michael Murray13/03/2012
Mr. Padraic Cafferty21/03/2012
Dr. Mary Lee Rhodes21/03/2012
Mr. Jim Miley30/04/2012
Ms. Michelle Murphy Lawless30/04/2012
Mr. Gerry Leahy30/04/2012
Housing Finance AgencyMr. Barry O'Leary (CEO, ex-Officio)26/08/2013
Ms. Breda Collins (Chairperson)21/11/2011
Mr. John Considine21/11/2011
Mr. Michael Cuddihy21/11/2011
Mr. Tom Doyle21/11/2011
Mr. Brendan McGrath21/11/2011
Mr. Paul Murphy21/11/2011
Mr. Seamus O'Neill21/11/2011
Mr. Martin O'Sullivan21/11/2011
Ms. Anne Ryan 21/11/2011
Ms. Lola O'Sullivan21/11/2011
Mr. Christy McDonagh 21/11/2011
Mr. Tim O'Sullivan (Departmental representative)21/11/2011
Irish Water SafetyMr. Odran Reid27/06/2012
Mr. Rich Howlin (Chairperson)21/12/2011
Mr. Conor Skehan (Chairperson replaced Mr Rich Howlin))01/07/2013
Mr. Eddie Lewis (Departmental representative)21/12/2011
Ms. Marie McLaughlin (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform representative)21/12/2011
Mr. Peter Carey, County Manager, Laois County Council21/12/2011
Ms. Ann McGuinness21/12/2011
Ms. Clodagh Heneghan21/12/2012
Mr. Dermot Nolan (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform representative)21/12/2012
Mr. John O Connor 21/12/2012
Mr. Donal McManus21/12/2012
Mr. Michael Layde (Departmental representative)01/08/2012
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency Mr. Tony O’Brien01/07/2013
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson), County Manager, Wexford County Council01/01/2012
Mr. Michael Malone, County Manager, Kildare County Council01/11/2011
Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative)23/11/2011
Local Government Computer Services Board*** Mr. Enda Holland (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform representative)22/02/2012
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson), County Manager, Wexford County Council01/01/2012
Mr. Donal Enright (Departmental representative)01/11/2011
Mr. Michael Malone, County Manager, Kildare County Council01/11/2011
Local Government Management Services Board***Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative)23/11/2011
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson), County Manager, Wexford County Council20/09/2012
Mr. Peter Carey, County Manager, Laois County Council20/09/2012
Mr. Hubert Kearns, County Manager, Sligo County Council20/09/2012
Mr. Michael Malone, County Manager, Kildare County Council20/09/2012
Mr. Eddie Sheehy, County Manager, Wicklow County Council20/09/2012
Mr. John Tierney, City Manager, Dublin City Council20/09/2012
Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative)24/09/2012
Mr. Donal Enright (Departmental representative)24/09/2012
Mr. Paul McDonald (Departmental representative)24/09/2012
Mr. Martin Riordan, Cork County Manager18/10/2012
Mr. Michael Walsh, Waterford City Manager18/10/2012
Local Government Management Agency***Mr Danny McLoughlin, Westmeath County Manager21/02/2013
Ms. Catriona Walsh (Chairperson) 16/04/2013
Mr. Tim Ryan17/02/2012
Ms. Tricia Sheehy Skeffington17/02/2012
Ms. Paula O’Reilly (Departmental staff member)22/03/2012
Mr. Noel Merrick01/04/2013
Mr Paul Flood (HSE)01/04/2013
Mr. John Fitzgerald01/04/2013
Private Residential Tenancies BoardMs Rhonda Donaghey16/04/2013
Professor William Reville (Chairperson)16/01/2012
Dr. Maurice Fitzgerald (Dental Council)19/10/2011
Dr. Paraic James (public servant)16/01/2012
Dr. Patricia Cunningham (public servant)20/02/2012
Mr. John O'Dea30/11/2012
Ms. Darina Muckian30/11/2012
Ms. Adi Roche30/11/2012
Dr. Patrick Gilligan 30/11/2012
Radiological Protection Institute IrelandDr. Stephanie Ryan16/09/2013

* Appointments to An Bord Pleanála and to the Board of the Environmental Protection Agency are of a full-time executive nature and are governed by statutory processes

** The board of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority was reappointed for an additional month from 1 May 2012 and replaced by a new board from 1 June 2012 which will continue in place until 30 June 2014.

*** Appointments of the Local Authority Manager members of the Boards of the Local Government Computer Services Board, the Local Government Management Services Board and the Local Government Management Agency (which was established on 1August 2012, replacing the LGCSB and the LGMSB), are made by the County and City Managers collectively.

A notice was placed on my Department’s website on 19 July 2011, seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced persons, for consideration as members or chairpersons of the boards of State bodies under the aegis of my Department. Vacancies on the boards of other bodies under my Department’s aegis will be notified on the website as they arise. However, expressions of interest can be made at any time and will be kept on file in my Department for consideration as vacancies occur. In considering applications, due regard is had to the requirements of the position, the qualifications, experience and expertise of applicants. In considering applications, due regard is also had to Government policy regarding gender balance on State boards.

All appointments are made in accordance with the appropriate legislation governing appointments to each body. In some cases statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Minister or the Government, as appropriate. In a number of situations, only some appointments to the body concerned are made by the Minister, or appointments are made with the consent of another Minister.

The Water Services Act 2013 provided for the establishment of Irish Water as a subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann (BGE) under the Companies Acts. The Memorandum and Articles of Association, provide that the appointment of directors is the responsibility of the Board of BGE, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. 12 directors have been appointed to the Board of Irish Water by BGE, for the period to July 2014, and these appointments were approved in advance by the Minister and the Minister for Communications Energy and Natural Resources.

The following have been appointed to the Board of Irish Water:

Agency / BoardName of AppointeeDate of Appointment
Ms. Rose Hynes (Chair)July 2013
Mr. Michael McNicholasJuly 2013
Mr. John TierneyJuly 2013
Ms. Margaret RaeJuly/2013
Mr. Philip LeeNovember 2013
Ms. Hilary QuinlanNovember 2013
Ms. Regina FinnNovember 2013
Mr. Colman SheehyNovember 2013
Mr. Billy MooreNovember 2013
Mr. Brian McKeownNovember 2013
Mr. Sean KellyNovember 2013
Irish WaterMs. Jacqueline HallNovember 2013

In addition, although not a State Board in the traditional sense, appointments to the Board of Pobal, a not-for-profit company, fall to be made by the Government having considered nominees from a range of stakeholders. The following persons have been appointed to the Board of Pobal during this Government’s term:

Agency / BoardName of AppointeeDate of Appointment
Mr. Séamus Boland (Chair)03/11/2011
Mr. Tommy Maguire03/11/2011
Mr. Liam Keane03/11/2011
Ms. Jennifer McHugh11/01/2012
Ms. Mari Hurley11/01/2011
Mr. William Cotter09/10/2012
Mr. Gerald Quain09/10/2012
Cllr. John Kelleher23/10/2012
Ms. Ann Costello23/10/2012
PobalMs. Mary Mooty05/02/2013

In addition, the following members were appointed to the National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee on 11 September 2013;

- Dr. Eoin O'Sullivan (Chairperson)

- Mr. Conor Smith

- Mr. Séamus O'Connor

- Ms. Ronnie Fay

- Mr. Eugene Cummins

- Ms. Philomena Poole

- Cllr. Finnan McCoy

- Cllr. John Kennedy

- Ms. Catherine Linehan

- Mr. Tom Coughlan

- Ms. Colette Spears

- Mr. Jim Ganley (Departmental representative)

- Ms. Mary Connors

Finally, the following members have been appointed to the Building Regulation Advisory Body:

Name of AppointeeDate of Appointment
Mr Aidan O’Connor (Departmental Staff representative)19/04/2011
Paul Kelly19/04/2011
Conor Taaffe16/06/2011

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