Written answers
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Department of Finance
Appointments to State Boards
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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171. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments to State boards under the aegis of his Department and the number of appointments that have been advertised on his Department’s website since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46254/15]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy's query in relation to the the number of appointments to State Boards under the aegis of my Department and the number of appointments that have been advertised on the Department s website, since March 2011, please find details in tabular form below.
I, and my Department are cognisant of the need to adhere to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards introduced in late 2014.
| Board | Number of Appointments in 2011 | Number of Appointments in 2012 | Number of Appointments in 2013 | Number of Appointments in 2014 | Number of Appointments in 2015 | Number of appointments advertised on DoF website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bank Commission | 1 | 0 | 1 re-appointment | 1 appointment (filled from advertisement in 2012) 2 re-appointments | 1 appointment (incoming Governor appointed on interim basis) 2 re-appointments | An appointment made in 2014 was based on a process advertised on website. 3 press releases on appointments made. |
| Credit Union Restructuring Board (ReBo) | 13 | 6 (Vacancies for independent members, of which there were 6, were advertised on the websites of the Department of Finance & Public Appointments Service, where expressions of interest were invited from the public) | ||||
| Financial Services Ombudsman Council | Nil | Nil | 6 re-appointments 1 appointment | Nil | 7 re-appointments | See note 3 below |
| Irish Fiscal Advisory Council | 5 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 22 | Appointments to the IFAC are made under the Guidelines on Appointments to Stateboards. In line with these guidelines, the vacancies are advertised on the stateboards website |
| NAMA | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | Positions not publicly advertised. Exofficio are not included in this Count |
| National Treasury Management Agency Members (NTMA Board) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (not including ex-officio appointments) | 0 | 6 vacancies were advertised (Only one of these appointments was made on the basis of application process; the Minister made 5 direct appointments to the Board. As this process was well under way when the Department of Public Expenditure and Reformprocedures regarding Board appointments was being brought in, these appointments were exempted from that process) |
| National Treasury Management Agency Members (Advisory Committee)* | 0 | 1 (Secretary General of Department of Finance) | 2 (1 reappointment, 1 direct appointment by the Minister) | 1 (Secretary General of Department of Finance) | 0 | 0 |
| State Claims Agency Policy Committee* | 0 | 4 (1 reappointment) (1 Department of Health representative) | 1 (Department of Health representative replacing predecessor appointed in 2012) | 0 | 2 Vacancies Advertised on Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Website | |
| National Development Finance Agency Board* | 4 (1 Reappointment CEO of NDFA to the Board) (Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Appointed) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 Vacancies advertised on Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Website | |
| National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission* | 0 | 1 (reappointment) | 0 | 1 (reappointment) | 0 | 0 |
| Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland | 3 | 94 | 0 - All vacancies filled in 2015 were advertised on the State Boards website |
22 appointments were made in 2015, 1 to fill a vacancy which resulted from the ending of the term of a Council Member and 1 following the resignation of a further Council Member.
3In view of the short term of the Council and the amalgamation of the Offices of the Pension Ombudsman and the Financial Services Ombudsman which will require the experience of the existing Council to effect, these positions were not advertised. The appointment of an additional person with specific legal qualifications and experience was also required in 2013.
4For the SBCI three of the nine appointments in 2015 were reappointments
*Statutory Instrument 586 of 2014, effective 22 December 2014, reconstituted the Agency and dissolved the NTMA Advisory Committee and the State Claims Policy Committee. An order was signed by the Minister for Finance on 23 January 2015 which dissolved the Board of the National Development Finance Agency. Under transitional provisions, pending the transfer of all NPRF assets and liabilities to the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission will consist of one Member, the Chief Executive of the NTMA.
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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172. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of chairpersons appointed to State boards under the aegis of his Department who have appeared before the relevant Oireachtas joint committee since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46269/15]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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In reply to the Deputy's question, please see listed below details of the chairpersons appointed to State Boards under the aegis of the Department (the Central Bank, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, and National Asset Management Agency) who have appeared before the relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee, since March 2011.
The Central Bank:
While appointed before March 2011, the outgoing Chair of the Central Bank Commission appeared before the relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee during that timeframe.
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council:
The Chairperson of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was appointed on an administrative basis when the Council was established on a non-statutory basis in July 2011. The IFAC was put on a statutory footing on 31 December 2012, and the Chairperson was re-appointed for a four-year term from that date. The Chairperson has appeared nine times before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. He has also appeared before the Joint Committee on European Affairs on one occasion.
National Asset Management Agency:
NAMA Chairman Frank Daly has appeared before the following committee(s) since 2011:
1. Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform - 9th September 2011
2. Public Accounts Committee - 26th October 2011
3. Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement 8th March 2012
4. Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform - 14th March 2012
5. Public Accounts Committee - 5th July 2012
6. Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform - 24th October 2012
7. Public Accounts Committee - 26th September 2013
8. Public Accounts Committee - 20th December 2013
9. Public Accounts Committee - 29th May 2014
10.Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform - 22nd October 2014
11. Public Accounts Committee - 18th December 2014
12. Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis - 22nd April 2015
13. Public Accounts Committee - 9th July 2015
14. Public Accounts Committee - 1st October 2015
15. Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform - 16th December 2015.
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