Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the professional backgrounds of existing directors of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19815/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Board of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board is appointed by me as the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 and in compliance with the procedures outlined in the ‘Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies (2016).The Board consists of a Chairperson, the Chief Executive and nine ordinary members of which six are nominated by external bodies designated under legislation. The six external bodies are as follows:

- 2 persons nominated by ICTU

- 1 person nominated by Ibec

- 1 person nominated by the Irish Insurance Federation (IIF)

- 1 person nominated by the Central Bank

- 1 person nominated by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.

In addition to the six statutory nominees outlined above, members are generally recruited to the Board through open advertisement on the State Boards portal www.stateboards.ieoperated by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) who, since 2014, have been responsible for putting in place an open, accessible, rigorous and transparent system to support Ministers in making appointments to State Boards.

The current members of the Board of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board are as follows:

Dermot Divilly, Non-Executive Chairperson – Businessman/Company Director

John Lynch, Vice Chairperson - Business Consultant, Company Director and Accountant

Conor O’Brien, Chief Executive of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB)

Colette Crowne, Deputy Director and nominee of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)

Walter Cullen, Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) nominee, former trade union official

Martin Naughton, Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) nominee, and former Head of Finance and Administration in SIPTU, with a background in Change Management and Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare

Breda Power, Assistant Secretary General, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

Margot Slattery, Irish Business and Employers Confederation (Ibec) nominee, Company Director

Tim O’Hanrahan, Senior Adviser to the Deputy Governor of Prudential Regulation and nominee of The Central Bank of Ireland

There are currently two vacancies on the Board.