Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being appointed to boards or agencies; if so, when same were last updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6654/19]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Officials of my Department are appointed to the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) in compliance with the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act 2000.

Section 9 (1) of the Act defines the composition of the Board of the MCIB. It comprises three persons appointed by me, the Chief Surveyor and the Secretary-General of my Department or his nominee.

Subject to legislative requirements, appointments to the other State Boards under the aegis of my Department are made in accordance with the Department of Expenditure and Reform (DPER) "Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards" and my Department's "Principles and Procedures for State Board Appointments". The DPER guidelines were updated in 2014 and my Department's "Principles and Procedures" in 2017.