Written answers

Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Department of An Taoiseach

Appointments to State Boards

Photo of Terence FlanaganTerence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment; the credentials of those appointed; if the vacancy was publicly advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39288/14]

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department. The board of NESDO is currently comprised of the Chair and Deputy Chair of the NESC, both of whom are civil servants from my Department and serve in an ex-officio capacity.

Section 18 of the Statistics Act 1993 sets out the composition and procedures for appointing the National Statistics Board. It states that the National Statistics Board shall consist of eight members comprising the following seven persons who shall be appointed by the Taoiseach:

- five persons of proven ability and experience in relevant fields - two of whom shall be nominated by the Taoiseach and three of whom shall be nominated by such organisation or organisations as the Taoiseach considers to be representative of the users of official statistics and providers of information under this Act

- Assistant Secretary or equivalent or higher grade in the Department of the Taoiseach

- Assistant Secretary or equivalent or higher grade in the Department of Finance together with the Director General of the Central Statistics Office, ex officio.

Since 2011 there have been 10 appointments to the NSB as set out below. A vacancy was filled by an Assistant Secretary in the Department of the Taoiseach in 2012.

The term of appointment of the Board expired in 2013. The Chairperson, and the three Civil Servants serving in an ex-officio capacity were re-appointed. The remaining positions were advertised on the Department of the Taoiseach and NSB websites, and the vacancies were filled in March 2014.

Name Organisation Date of Appointment
Mr. John CallinanAssistant Secretary, Department of the TaoiseachSeptember 2012

Reappointed in October 2013
Dr. Patricia O'HaraNSB Chairperson, Adjunct Professor at the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, NUI MaynoothOctober 2013
Mr. Michael McGrathAssistant Secretary, Department of FinanceOctober 2013

to March 2014
Mr. Padraig DaltonDirector General of CSO (ex-officio)October 2013
Mr. John McCarthyAssistant Secretary, Department of Finance

[replaced Mr. Michael McGrath]
March 2014
Ms. Rowena DwyerChief Economist - Irish Farmers Association March 2014

Mr. Tom GeraghtyGeneral Secretary, Public Service Executive UnionMarch 2014
Dr. Helen JohnstonSenior Social Policy Analyst, National Economic and Social CouncilMarch 2014
Mr. Gerard O'NeillChairman, Amárach ResearchMarch 2014

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