Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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241. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34847/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Public Appointments Service is the centralised provider of recruitment, assessment and selection services for the Civil Service, Local Authorities, the Health Service Executive, An Garda Síochána and other public bodies.

The Public Appointments Service also aims to provide an open, efficient and effective gateway and process to identify top quality people for consideration by Ministers for appointment to State Boards. The website www.stateboards.ie is the channel used by the Public Appointments Service to both inform the public of vacancies on State Boards and to collate expressions of interest in those roles for the Minister. For each position advertised, the PAS process includes an assessment of all applications, following which a list of suitable candidates is submitted for my consideration.  As this list of suitable candidates may not include all applicants following the PAS assessment process, it is not possible to provide the number of former TDs that may have applied for positions on boards under the aegis of my Department.