Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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428. To ask the Minister for Health the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4619/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The nomination and appointment process for boards of bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in legislation. In line with Government Decision S180/20/10/1617 of 2014 and Guidelines set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform relating to the advertising for expressions of interest in vacancies on State Boards, my Department in conjunction with the Public Appointments Service currently advertises for board vacancies as they arise, where I, as Minister for Health, have nominating rights under relevant legislation. I also appoint members on the nomination of various bodies, again in accordance with the relevant legislation.

There have been over 600 appointments made under the aegis of my Department since 2011, and my officials had complied a list of all such appointments, with the date of appointment and details of whether the person came through the appointment process or not, in a reply to Parliamentary Question No 37364 of 3 November 2015 to the Deputy. I will update this information to the current date and forward this to the Deputy as soon as possible.

In relation to current vacancies on boards the situation is detailed in the table below