James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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172. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding reconstituting the HSE board; the grounds of eligibility to become a member of the board; the timeline for the creation of the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46328/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 is currently being brought through the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Bill, as initiated, provides for the establishment of a nine person Board for the HSE. Following a recent Public Appointments Service (PAS) campaign Mr Ciarán Devane has been appointed by the Minister as Chairperson of the Board.

A Public Appointments Service campaign commenced on 8 October to seek expressions of interest from candidates with the requisite skills and competencies to become members of the Board. The closing date for this campaign was 6th November. PAS will co-ordinate an assessment process of all candidate applications in the coming weeks to identify the most suitable candidates and it will send these to me so that I may choose the persons I wish to appoint as board members.

I refer the Deputy to the Information Booklet for this campaign on www.stateboards.iewhich sets out the criteria required for membership of the HSE Board.

It is expected that board members will be appointed by the end of 2018.