Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Social Protection

Appointments to State Boards

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under her Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies in State boards under her Department's remit since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies in State boards under her Department's remit publically advertised since March 2011 to date; and the number of appointments to State boards under her remit drawn directly from the public advertisement process. [29197/14]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a Board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal.

Details of appointments to the Boards since March 2011 are set out in the table below:

Agency/BoardNumber of Appointments to State Boards Number of Vacancies Number of  vacancies Publically  Advertised Number of appointments made from the Public Advertisement Process
Citizens Information Board (CIB)4*6**31
PensionsBoardNil2NilNil
Pensions Authority33NilNil
Social Welfare Tribunal66NilNil

The Pensions Boardwas renamed the Pensions Authority on 7 March 2014.

* Three of the 4 appointments did not require public advertisement as they are CIB and Minister’s representatives.

**There are currently two vacancies on the Citizens Information Board.

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