Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Department of Social Protection
State Bodies
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the number of appointments to State boards; the number of vacancies in State boards ; the number of vacancies in State boards publically advertised; and the number of appointments to State boards drawn directly from the public advertisement process, in period March 2011 to 2015 to date. [23591/15]
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, the Pensions Council, the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a Board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal.
Details relating to the Boards, as requested by the Deputy, are outlined in the table below.
| Agency/Board | Number of appointments made since March 2011 to date | Number of vacancies since March 2011 to date | Number of vacancies publically advertised since March 2011 to date | Number of appointments drawn directly from the public advertisement process since March 2011 to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Information Board | 9 | 17 (currently 8) | 3 | 1 |
| Pensions Authority, established March 2014(formerly the Pensions Board). | 3 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Pensions Council – established February 2015. | 12 | Nil | Nil | 7 |
| Social Welfare Tribunal | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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