Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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107. To ask the Taoiseach the membership of the National Economic and Social Council; the vacancies on the council; and when he expects to fill those vacancies. [33521/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Appointments to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) are in accordance with the provisions of the National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006, and the National Economic and Social Council (Alteration of Composition) Order 2010 - SI 603/2010.

The legislation provides for nominations from five sectors - business and employer, ICTU, farming and agricultural, community and voluntary, environmental; public servants; and independent members.

The members are:

Business and Employer

Maeve McElwee, IBEC

Tom Parlon, CIF

Ian Talbot, Chambers Ireland

ICTU

Patricia King, ICTU

Tom Geraghty, PSEU

Shay Cody, IMPACT

Farming and Agricultural

to be confirmed

Community and Voluntary

Sean Healy, Social Justice Ireland

Brid O’Brien, INOU

James Doorley, NYCI

Environmental

Kate Ruddock, Friends of the Earth

Oonagh Duggan, Birdwatch Ireland

Michael Ewing, Irish Environmental Network

Public Servants

Martin Fraser, Secretary General, D/Taoiseach (Chair)

Elizabeth Canavan, Assistant Secretary General, D/Taoiseach (Deputy Chair)

Derek Moran, Secretary General, D/Finance

Robert Watt, Secretary General, D/Public Expenditure and Reform

Orlaigh Quinn, Secretary General, D/Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

John McCarthy, Secretary General, D/Housing, Planning and Local Government

Independent Experts

Edgar Morgenroth, ESRI

Michelle Norris, UCD

Philip Hamell, Department of the Taoiseach.

I will appoint the farming and agricultural members when I have the nominations from that sector. Other independent category appointments will follow the process of the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards.