Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the position of CEOs of State and semi-State bodies when an initial contract expires, if there is an opportunity to reapply for the post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11994/17]

Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the position of CEOs of State and semi-State bodies when an initial contact expires, if there is an opportunity to extend the contract with the relevant boards approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 373 and 374 together.

The 2016 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies provides that the term of a contract of a CEO of a Commercial Semi State Company is normallylimited to a single contract period of between five and seven years but there is no maximum length of service for CEO's.

The updated Code can be found at the following link: .

Under exceptional circumstances, the Board of a Commercial State Company can request an extension of the contract of an existing CEO on terms and conditions approved by the relevant Ministers. 

Any such request should be submitted in the first instance as a business case from the Board of the Commercial State Company to the parent Department. Once that Department has considered the matter, it can make a recommendation to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which will be examined in turn.