Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of bodies to which she has the authority to appoint board members. [7011/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Minister has the authority to appoint board members to the following bodies: the Child and Family Agency, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, and the board of management with responsibility for the Children Detention Schools.

Gaisce, The President's Award is a limited company set up under the Companies Acts (in 1996) with a memorandum and articles of Association. The Articles of Association provide that there shall be 15 members of the Gaisce Council, appointed by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.