Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process undertaken in the appointment of the chief executive of Sport Ireland, from the original ministerial statements that the position would be filled by public competition, to the filling of the position for a year with a commitment that it would be advertised at the end of that period, to the appointment being made on a permanent basis by the board without any competition. [27954/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The appointment of a chief executive of Sport Ireland comes under Section 22 of the Sport Ireland Act 2015.  Section 22(5) provides that the first Chief Executive shall be appointed by the Minister and my predecessor appointed the then Chief Executive of the Irish Sports Council  to be  the first Chief Executive of Sport Ireland. This was for a one year term to facilitate the transition to the new body.

Section 22(2) provides that thereafter the chief executive shall be appointed by Sport Ireland with the approval of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. The terms and conditions attaching to such appointments are also subject to the approval of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, to be given with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.