Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender quota targets for the boards of State bodies and agencies under their remit; the level reached to date; and their future plans to meet and maintain the targets. [32759/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The Programme for Government includes a commitment that the Government will take steps to ensure that all State Boards have at least 40% of each gender represented among the members.

In 2013, 45% of new appointees to State Boards in the Education sector were women. This resulted in women members representing 38.5% of board membership of State Boards in the Education sector in 2013. I aim to ensure that the Programme for Government commitment of 40% is achieved in the Education sector.