Written answers
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Appointments to State Boards
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which currently exist on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37367/15]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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As the Deputy is aware the Government introduced new arrangements to the appointment of State Board members in 2011. Under the new arrangements departments now invite expressions of interest from the public on their websites for vacancies on the boards of bodies under their aegis. It is open to all members of the public regardless of gender, political affiliations or geographical location to apply for appointment to these vacancies.
An Post National Lottery Board
In the context of the sale of the National Lottery licence I considered it appropriate to reappoint two of the Ministerial nominees to the Board; Mr. Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh was reappointed twice and Mr. Oliver Wilkinson was reappointed once in light of the disposal of the National Lottery licence. Consequently recourse to advertising the positions publicly did not arise.
| Name | Appointed | Vacancy Advertised |
|---|---|---|
| Donal Connell (Chair) | Reappointed 29/02/2012, 01/07/2013 | No |
| Dermot Griffin | Reappointed 06/11/2012, 01/07/2013 | No |
| Caroline Murphy | Reappointed 06/11/2013 | No |
| Oliver Wilkinson | Reappointed 06/11/2013 | No |
| Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh | Reappointed 06/11/2012, 01/07/2013 | No |
| Peter Quinn | Reappointed 16/02/2012, 01/07/2013 | No |
| Name | Appointed | Reappointed | Vacancy Advertised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Sullivan (Chair) | 01/09/2011 | No (previous member was reappointed) | |
| Des Dowling* | 01/09/2011 | No | |
| Dave Walsh | 01/07/2013 | No (replacement for Des Dowling who transferred departments) | |
| John McCarthy | 01/09/2013 | No (replacement for Dave Walsh who transferred internally) | |
| Dr. Deirdre O'Keeffe* | 01/09/2011 | 09/10/2014 | No |
| Patricia Coleman* | 01/09/2011 | No | |
| William Beausang | 15/07/2013 | No (replacement for Patricia Coleman who transferred internally) | |
| Judith Eve* | 01/09/2011 | 09/10/2014 | No (appointed as chair on 9/10/2014) |
| Eddie Molloy* | 01/09/2011 | 09/10/2014 | No |
| Dan Murphy | 01/09/2011 | No (previous member was appointed) | |
| Bryan Andrews | 01/09/2011 | Holds office on ex officio basis | |
| Fiona Tierney | 20/03/2012 | 09/10/2014 | Holds office on ex officio basis, current CEO |
| Sean McGrath* | 01/09/2011 | No | |
| Barry O'Brien | 01/09/2012 | 09/10/2014 | No (replacement for Sean McGrath who resigned from his post) |
| Paul Lemass* | 09/10/2014 | No | |
| Anne Marie Taylor | 09/10/2014 | Yes | |
| Eimear Kenny | 09/10/2014 | Yes | |
| Oonagh McPhillips* | 01/07/2015 | No (replacement for Dr. O'Keeffe who transferred departments) | |
| Damien McCallion* | 01/07/2015 | No (replacement for Barry O'Brien) | |
| David Cagney* | 22/09/2015 | No (replacement for William Beausang) |
The Act also specifics that in appointing members of the Board the Minister shall ensure that at least two of them have either or both civil and other public service experience and knowledge and two of them have expertise in human resource management, customer service and recruitment outside the public service that the Minister considers relevant.
Currently there are no vacancies on the Public Appointments Service Board.
The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) has a representative board with nominations from different sectors of the public service every two years. As per the Memorandum and Articles of Association governing the IPA, each of the nominating bodies/sectors is invited by letter to nominate its representative to the Board on a two-yearly basis and my Department has one such representative.
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