Joan 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 (formerly the Pensions Board), the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a Board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal.

Details of appointments to the Boards made since March 2011 are set out in the following tables.

There were no appointments to the Pensions Board in the period from March 2011 to March 2014. The Board is known as the Pensions Authority since 7 March 2014.

Citizens Information Board (CIB)

State Board/Agency Appointment	Person who recommended Appointment	Credentials of those appointed	Was the vacancy publicly advertised
Eugene McErlean	Appointed by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, TD	Solicitor by profession, having banking and legal experience.	Yes, on both the Department's website and on the Public Appointments Service website.
Fiona Ward	Appointed by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, TD	Department of Social Protection Senior Official	No, did not require public advertisement - a representative of Department of Social Protection
David Stratton	Appointed by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, TD	Citizens Information Board Staff Member	No, did not require public advertisement -elected representative of Citizens Information Board staff
Simonetta Ryan	Appointed by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, TD	Department of Social Protection Senior Official	No, did not require advertisement - a representative of the Department of Social Protection

Pensions Authority- established 7 March 2014 (formerly the Pensions Board)

State Board/Agency Appointment	Person who recommended Appointment	Credentials of those appointed	Was the vacancy publicly advertised
Ms. Jane Williams (Chairperson)	Appointed by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, TD.	Previous Chairperson of the Pensions Board	No
Ms. Anne Vaughan	Appointed by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, TD	Deputy Secretary in the Department of Social Protection	No
Ms. Ann Nolan	Appointed by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D. on recommendation of Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, TD.	Second Secretary in the Department of Finance	No

Social Welfare Tribunal

State Board/Agency Appointment	Person who recommended Appointment	Credentials of those appointed	Was the vacancy publicly advertised
Ms. Chris Rowland	Irish Congress of Trade Unions	See note below.	No
Mr. Colin Walker (Chairperson)	Labour Court	Chairperson is recommended to Minister by Labour Court based on their suitability for the role as Chairperson.	No
Mr. Don O'Higgins	Irish Business and Employers Confederation	See note below.	No
Mr. Fergus Whelan	Irish Congress of Trade Unions	See note below.	No
Mr. Michael Carr	Irish Business and Employers Confederation	See note below.	No

Note: Under section 333 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 the Social Welfare Tribunal shall consist of a chairperson and four ordinary members. Two of the ordinary members shall be persons representative of workers and nominated for appointment by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. The two other ordinary members shall be persons representative of employers and nominated for appointment by an organisation representative of employers. These members are nominated by the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC).