Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Since coming to Office in March 2011, I have made 44 appointments within my discretion to the Boards of Agencies under my Department’s remit. A further 25 appointments were made that were reappointments and a further 45 were allocated under legislation to Department Representatives, social partners, nominees of other Ministers, nominees of prescribed bodies and appointments on an Ex Officio basis and were not appropriate, therefore, for public advertisement.

In respect of appointments that are wholly within my discretion, my overriding priority is to appoint the best people available for particular board positions. To assist me in doing so, I have used the services of the Public Appointments Service (PAS) on several occasions, with approximately 70% of appointments made within my discretion being filled through this route. Towards the end of 2013, I requested that the Public Appointments Service administer a single Expressions of Interest process in respect for vacancies arising in 2014 on the Boards of allAgencies under the Department’s remit.

The credentials of the appointees vary depending on the requirements of the individual posts. I am satisfied however that in all cases, they have the skills and expertise to allow them to contribute positively to the functions of their individual board.

All appointments made since March 2011 to date are listed below.

Labour Relations Commission

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of First appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Breege O'Donoghue, Chairperson	Ministerial- Nominated by the Government	01/04/2003	Yes 7/7/2013	06/07/2014
Brendan McGinty	Ministerial -Nominated by IBEC	06/11/2000	Yes 7/7/2013	06/07/2014
Fergus Whelan	Ministerial – Nominated by ICTU	05/07/2009	Yes 7/7/2013	06/07/2014
Gerard Barry	Ministerial	01/04/2006	Yes 7/7/2012	Expired
Iarla Duffy	Ministerial	05/07/2009	Yes 7/7/2012	Expired
John Hennessy	Ministerial -Nominated by IBEC	05/07/2009	Yes 7/7/2013	06/07/2014
Peter McCloone	Ministerial –Nominated by ICTU	29/03/2000	Yes 7/7/2013	06/07/2014

*These positions are currently vacant with no fees attached to the positions.

Forfás

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of First appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Professor Mark Ferguson	Ex Officio (DG of SFI)	18/01/2012	No	06/01/2017
John Murphy	Ministerial -Dept Rep (Sec Gen)	18/01/2012	No	*
Eoin O’Driscoll Chair	Ministerial. Original app.	13/07/2014	Yes 1/1/2013	*
Julie Sinnamon	Ex Officio (New CEO)	03/11/2013	No	*

* In 2012, following the decision to integrate Forfas into the Department, the Minister reduced the numbers serving on the Forfas Board from 13 to 6. Forfas was dissolved on 1^stAugust 2014

Enterprise Ireland

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of First appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Terence O’ Rourke Chairman of EI Board	Ministerial on Application	01/08/02013	No	31/07/2018
Amanda Pratt	Ministerial	10/10/2012	No	*see note below
Clare Dunne	Ministerial -Dept Rep (Asst Sec)	10/10/2012	No	*see note below
Colum Horgan	Ministerial on Application	15/10/2012	No	*see note below
Geoff Meagher	Ministerial on Application	15/10/2012	No	*see note below
Helen Ryan	Ministerial	26/03/2014	No	*see note below
John McMahon	Ministerial on Application	26/03/2014	No	*see note below
Elaine Coughlan	Ministerial	12/05/2014	No	*see note below
Patrick Flynn	Ministerial	08/07/2014	No	*see note below

*In accordance with Section 9 of the Industrial Development Act, (Enterprise Ireland) 1998, on each anniversary of the establishment day (23rd July, 1998), two members of the Board (other than the chairperson and the chief executive officer) shall retire from office. The members to retire in any year shall be those who have been longest in office since their appointment.

InterTradeIreland

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of First appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Thomas Hunter McGowan (CEO)	Nominated by Ministers North and South and approved by NSMC on Application	23/07/2013	No	22/07/2017
Martin Cronin (Chair)	Nominated by Minister and approved by NSMC on Application	13/12/2011	No	12/12/2015
Brendan Butler	Nominated by Minister and approved by NSMC	12/12/2007	Yes 13/12/2011	12/12/2015
Patricia McKeown	Nominated by Minister and approved by NSMC	12/12/2007	Yes 13/12/2011	12/12/2015
Kevin Norton	Nominated by Minister and approved by NSMC	13/12/2011	No	12/12/2015
Mairead Sorensen	Nominated by Minister and approved by NSMC	13/12/2011	No	12/12/2015
John Corbett	Nominated by Minister and approved by NSMC	13/12/2011	No	12/12/2015
Prof. Terri Scott	Nominated by Minister and approved by NSMC	06/12/2013	No	05/12/2017
Rosemary Delaney	Nominated by Minister and approved by NSMC	06/12/2013	No	05/12/2017

Personal Injuries Assessment Board

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of First appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Breda Power	Ministerial -Dept Rep (Asst Sec)	26/10/2011	No	25/10/2016
Ann Fitzgerald	Ministerial	12/09/2006	Yes 08/09/2011	17/10/2012
Sean Murphy	Ex Officio	20/12/2012	No	-
Martin Naughton	Statutory nomination by ICTU	05/04/2012	No	04/04/2017
Dr. Fionnuala O'Loughlin	Ministerial on Application	01/08/2012	No	31/07/2015
John Lynch	Ministerial on Application	01/08/2012	No	31/07/2015
Karen O’Leary	Ex Officio	19/03/2013	No	-
Mick Stewart	Designated member- Central Bank Nominee	01/01/2014	No	31/12/2016
Margot Slattery	Designated member – IBEC nominee	30 /04/2014	No	29 /04/2016
Walter Cullen	Designated member – ICTU nominee	30 /04/2014	No	29 /04/ 2016
Dermot Divilly (Chairperson)	Ministerial on Application	16 /07/2014	No	15 /07/2018
Dermot Gorman	Designated Member – Insurance Industry Nominee	26 /09/2014	No	25/09/2017

Health and Safety Authority

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of First appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
John Newham	Ministerial- Dept Rep (Principal Officer)	10/04/12	No	09/07/13* * Official resigned as DJEI representative on the Board as he transferred to another post.
Michael Horgan (chair)*	Ministerial	20/12/13	Yes	19/12/16
Michael Gillen, IBEC	Ministerial - Nominated by IBEC	20/12/13	No	19/12/16
George Brett,	Ministerial -Nominated by IBEC	20/12/13	Yes	19/12/16
Robert Butler, CIF	Ministerial -Nominated by IBEC	20/12/13	No	19/12/16
Christine Rowland, SIPTU	Ministerial -Nominated by ICTU	20/12/13	No	19/12/16
Pat Kenny, CWU (Deputy Chair since 14.05.2014)	Ministerial -Nominated by ICTU	20/12/13	No	19/12/16
Frank Vaughan, ICTU	Ministerial -Nominated by ICTU	20/12/13	No	19/12/16
Paul Cullen,	Ministerial -Dept Rep	20/12/13	No	19/12/16
Ms Carol Bolger	Ministerial on Application	26.02.14	No	25.02.17
Dr John McCartney	Ministerial on Application	26.02.14	No	25.02.17
Ms Vicki O'Reilly	Ministerial on Application	26.02.14	No	25.02.17
Professor James Phelan	Ministerial on Application	26.02.14	No	25.02.17

*The Chairperson was re-appointed to that position by the Minister, having appeared before the JEI Joint Oireachtas Committee.

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of First appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Terry Landers	Ministerial on Application	06/03/2012	28 March 2014	*see note below
Barbara O'Leary	Ministerial on Application	06/03/2012	No	*see note below
Anne Clarke	Ministerial -Staff Rep by election	14/04/2012	No	*see note below
Kieran Cox	Ministerial -Staff Rep by election	14/04/2012	No	*see note below
Deirdre O’Hara	Ministerial on Application	31/01/2013	No	*see note below
Aedin Goggin	Ministerial on Application	31/01/2013	No	*see note below
Kieran Ryan	Ministerial	27/06/2013	Yes	*see note below
Peter Oates	Ministerial -Staff Rep by election	27/06/2013	No	*see note below
Julie O’Neill	Ministerial on Application	16/07/2013	No	*see note below
Eugene Forde	Ministerial – Dept Rep	24/10/2013	No
Dr Aidan O’Boyle	Ministerial nomination	12 May 2014	No	*see note below
Valerie Bowens	Ministerial on Application	12 May 2014	No	*see note below
Deirdre Smith	Ministerial on Application	12 May 2014	No	*see note below
Maurice Buckley – Chief Executive	Ex-officio			N/A – term contract of employment

*Three longest serving members resign each year on April 14



Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA)

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of first appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Mr Brendan Walsh Chairperson	Ministerial on Application	21/12/12	No	20/12/15
Deirdre Behan	Ministerial - Nominated by the Revenue Commissioners in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	03/01/12	No	02/01/15
Marie Daly	Ministerial - Nominated by IBEC in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	03/01/06	Yes 3/1/2012	02/01/15
Mairead Devine	Ministerial - Nominated by the Central Bank in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	03/01/12	No	02/01/15
Sean Hawkshaw	Ministerial - Nominated by the Irish Association of Investment Managers in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	03/01/06	Yes 03/01/2012	02/01/15
David Martin	Ministerial - Nominated by the Prescribed Accountancy Bodies in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	03/01/06	Yes 03/01/2012	29/05/14
Sylvia McNeece	Ministerial - Nominated by the Pensions Board in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	03/01/12	No	02/01/15
Kevin O'Donovan	Ministerial - Nominated by the Prescribed Accountancy Bodies in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	30/05/11	No	29/05/14
Conor O'Mahony	Ministerial - Nominated by the Director of Corporate Enforcement in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	01/03/12	No	20/01/14
Ms Bernadette McGrory-Farrell	Ministerial - Nominated by the Prescribed Accountancy Bodies in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	03/01/13	No	02/01/2016
Mr Paddy Keating	Ministerial - Nominated by ICTU in accordance with the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003	03/01/13	No	02/01/2016
Ms Helen Hall	Ex-Officio Member	18/12/12	No	N/A
Ms Muireann O’Neill	Ministerial on Application	01/09/12	No	02/09/2015
Etain Doyle	Prescribed Accountancy Body	30/05/2014	N/A	29/05/2014
David Devlin	Prescribed Accountancy Body	30/05/2014	N/A	29/05/2014

Shannon Development

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of First appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Stephen Curran	Ministerial- Dept Rep (Principal Officer)	23/02/2012	No	April 2016
Rose Hynes	Ministerial Appointment	12/02/2013	No	April 2017
Pat Dalton	Ministerial Appointment	22/02/2013	No	April 2017
Tony Brazil	Ministerial Appointment	13/05/2013	No	April 2017

Following the transfer of shares under The State Airports (Shannon Group) Act,2014, Shannon Development became a subsidiary of Shannon Group PLC on 5^thSeptember 2014 and the Board of Shannon Development was dissolved.



National Consumer Agency

Membership		Date of appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Stephen Costello	Ministerial	01/05/2007	Yes 01/05/2012	30/04/2017
Sean Murphy	Appointed by the Board (CEO of NCA)	18/10/2012	No	19/03/2013
Karen O’Leary	Appointed by the Board (CEO of NCA)	19/03/2013	No	*see note below
Isolde Goggin	Ministerial Competition Authority Rep (Chair of Competition Authority)	30/11/2011	No	*see note below
Robin O'Sullivan	Ministerial	01/05/2007	Yes 06/05/2012	*see note below
Colleen Savage	Ministerial on Application	06/05/2012	No	*see note below
Eugene Gallagher	Ministerial on Application	06/05/2012	No	*see note below
Tina Leonard	Ministerial on Application	31/01/2013	No	*see note below
Fergus J. Gallagher	Ministerial	23 March 2010	1 May 2014	*see note below
David Pierce	Ministerial	23 March 2010	1 May 2014	*see note below

* Section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act provides that on the anniversary of the establishment day of the Agency and on each subsequent anniversary of that day, two members of the Agency (other than the chairperson and the CEO) shall retire from office. The section further provides that a member of the Agency (other than the CEO) shall serve for not more than 10 consecutive years. The NCA will be merged with the Competition Authority to form the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission with effect from the 1^stNovember 2014. The Board of the NCA will cease from that date.



IDA Ireland

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Lionel Alexander	Ministerial	19/03/08	4//02/13	*see note below
Dermot Curran	Ministerial- Dept Rep (Asst Sec)	09/07/2012	No	*see note below
Alan W. Gray	Ministerial	25/01/2012	No	*see note below
Mary Campbell	Ministerial	23/05/2012	No	*see note below
Peter Cassels	Ministerial	23/05/2012	No	*see note below
Frank Ryan (Chairperson)	Ministerial	01/01/2014	No	*see note below
Dr Geraldine Mc Ginty	Ministerial	08/08/14	no	*see note below
Martin D Shanahan	CEO of IDA Ex Officio	01/09/14

*While the normal term of office is for a 5 year period, legislation provides that at the end of each year the two longest serving members step down from the Board.



Science Foundation Ireland

Membership	Method of Appointment	Date of appointment	Re-appointment	Expiry of contract
Professor Mark Ferguson	Ex Officio (DG of SFI)	16/01/2012	No	*see note below
Dermot Curran	Ministerial- Dept Rep (Asst Sec)	01/09/2012	No	*see note below
Mary Doyle	Ministerial Nominated by Minister for Education	05/12/2012	No	*see note below
Dr. Rita Colwell	Ministerial	31/03/2008	Yes 26 July 2011	*see note below
Prof. Martina Newell -McGloughlin	Ministerial	25/07/2003	Yes 26 July 2011	July 2013
Liam Madden	Ministerial on Application	31/01/2013	No	*see note below
Ann Riordan (Chair)	Ministerial on Application	05/12/2013	No	*see note below
Aidan Donnelly	Ministerial on Application	05/12/2013	No	*see note below
Geraldine Ruane	Ministerial on Application	05/12/2013	No	*see note below

*Section 9.3 of the 2003 Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 determines that each year (on anniversary of formal establishment of SFI – 25th July 2003) that the two longest serving members of the Board shall retire from the Board with effect from July 24th each year. However, there is also a stipulation in the legislation that a member cannot serve more than ten years in succession.