Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not qualified within the field in which the board or body has oversight. [43411/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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There are 17 State bodies under the aegis of my Department operating in the commercial, non-commercial and regulatory spheres. The Board members of these bodies are suitably qualified to carry out their roles on the respective Boards.

All appointments to State Boards are made in accordance with the 2014 Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards. A Public Appointments Service (PAS) process has been put in place with the aim of recruiting suitably qualified board members for the positions to which they have been appointed.

The bodies are:

An Post

Bord na Móna

EirGrid

Electricity Supply Board

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

TG4

Digital Hub Development Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Loughs Agency

Inland Fisheries Ireland

Irish National Petroleum Corporation

Mining Board

National Oil Reserves Agency

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Commission for Communications Regulation

Commission for Regulation of Utilities