Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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635. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the procedure in place to appoint persons to the Irish Film Board; and when vacancies will arise. [48874/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Fís Éireann (formerly the Irish Film Board) is established under the Irish Film Board Acts 1980 to 2011 to assist and encourage the development of a film industry in the State and to empower the board to provide investments, grants, loans and guarantees of loans for the making of films in the state.

Section 12 of the Act provides that the members of the Board shall be appointed by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a period of appointment not exceeding four years. Section 13 provides for the appointment of one of the members of the Board as Chair by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. 

There are seven members of the Board of Fís Éireann. Details of Fís  Éireann board members can be viewed on their  website at the following link . 

Since 2014, the selection of appointees to the Board of Fís Éireann /Screen Ireland follows the system introduced by the Government whereby all appointments are required to be advertised openly on the State Boards portal www.stateboards.ie operated by the Public Appointments Service (PAS). This means that anyone who considers that they have a contribution to make, can apply to be a member of the Board.

Applications made through Stateboards.ie are processed by way of a transparent assessment system designed and implemented by the independent Public Appointments Service to support Ministers in making appointments to State Boards. This is an open, accessible, rigorous and transparent system which has yielded applications from accomplished, experienced and qualified individuals who wish to make a commitment to public service that might not have previously been identified as available for appointment to State Boards.

All current members on the board of Fís Éireann were selected from applications from candidates deemed suitable by the PAS under the Stateboards system.