Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Appointments to State Boards
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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627. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide 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 publicly advertised since March 2011 to date; and the number of appointments to State boards under her remit drawn directly from the public advertisement process. [49195/14]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Government recently approved new guidelines covering the process to be used in making all appointments to State boards. The Public Appointments Service (PAS) will manage this new process and my Department has nominated a State Boards Liaison Officer, who will engage with PAS to ensure compliance with the guidelines. The information requested by the Deputy regarding appointments to State boards in the bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group since 2 June 2011 to date is set out in the table below. As my Department was established on 2 June 2011, the information sought can only be provided from that date.
It may be noted that appointments to the boards of Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency, being agencies of the North South Implementation Body, An Foras Teanga, are made by the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC), arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis from each jurisdiction.
| Board | Vacancies arising since the Department was established on 2 June 2011 | Appointments made since the Department was established on 2 June 2011 | The number that were publicly advertised since March 2011 | Number drawn from the public advertisement process since March 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||
| National Gallery of Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 (there were also changes in 2 ex-officio positions on the Board) |
| National Concert Hall | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| National Library of Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| National Museum of Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| Irish Museum of Modern Art | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Irish Film Board | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Arts Council | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 9 (there was also 1 re-appointment) |
| Heritage Council | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Archives Advisory Council | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 (no expressions of interest were received) |
| Censorship of Publications Board* | N/A | 5 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Censorship of Publications Appeals Board* | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Art Gallery | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 (there were also 7 re-appointments and 1 ex-officio appointment) |
| Chester Beatty Library | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 (there was also 1 ex-officio appointment and 1 appointment was a nominee of the Taoiseach) |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 (there were also 5 appointments on foot of nominations by County Councils with Gaeltacht areas within their jurisdictions) |
| Foras na Gaeilge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| Ulster-Scots Agency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
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