Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department, that were made as a result of applications made through the Publicjobs.ie website in the last three years; the number of board posts that were advertised on Publicjobs.ie; the number of board posts that were not advertised on the website but instead were directly appointed; and the average pay to directly appointed board members. [4592/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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A notice was placed on my Department's website, rather than on the publicjobs.ie 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 details of fees/remuneration for chairs and members of Boards reflect the level of fees attaching to the positions concerned and are set out in the table below. Where public servants are appointed to Boards, fees are generally not payable. Details in relation to the actual fees paid to individual Board members are available in the annual reports of the bodies concerned.

* Those PRTB / Rent Tribunal members of the Board who are entitled to Board fees are paid such fees on an attendance basis only. Details regarding the scale of fees and the amounts paid are published in the annual reports of the PRTB.

** The Boards of An Bord Pleanála and the Environmental Protection Agency are executive in nature, and Board members are full-time, salaried positions.

*** Those Pyrite Resolution Board members of the Board who are entitled to Board fees are paid such fees on an attendance basis only.