Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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161. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of bodies to which he has the authority to appoint board members. [7013/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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In my role as Minister for Defence I have the authority to make appointments to the Army Pensions Board.

The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act, 1927. It consists of a chairman and two ordinary members. The two ordinary members must be qualified medical practitioners of whom one (but only one) must be an officer of the Army Medical Corps. In accordance with legislation, the chairman and the non Military ordinary member are appointed by the Minister for Defence with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The Army Medical Corps ordinary member is appointed by the Minister for Defence.