Written answers
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Departmental Agencies Data
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the number of vacant positions; and the agencies or organisations that have boards whose members have an obligation to appear before committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas. [51498/19]
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The State bodies under the aegis of my Department, together with the requested information, are as set out in tabular form below.
| Body | Number of Positions on Board | Number of Vacant Positions on Board |
|---|---|---|
| An Bord Pleanála | 11 | 1 |
| An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum) | N/A | N/A |
| Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum | N/A | N/A |
| Ervia | 11 | 1 |
| Gas Networks Ireland | 6 | 0 |
| Housing Finance Agency | 12 | 1 |
| Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency | 9 | 0 |
| Irish Water | 12 | 6 |
| Land Development Agency | 9 | 0 |
| Local Government Management Agency | 11 | 0 |
| National Oversight and Audit Commission | 8 | 2 |
| National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee | N/A | N/A |
| Office of the Planning Regulator | N/A | N/A |
| Ordnance Survey Ireland | 9 | 0 |
| Property Registration Authority | 11 | 2 |
| Pyrite Resolution Board | 5 | 0 |
| Residential Tenancies Board | 12 | 1 |
| Valuation Office | N/A | N/A |
| Valuation Tribunal | N/A | N/A |
| Water Advisory Board | 5 | 0 |
The bodies would appear before Committees of the Oireachtas annually or as requested by the Committee normally represented by the chief executive and/or his or her team.
In accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards, all persons being proposed for appointment as a chairperson of a State body are required to make themselves available to the appropriate Oireachtas Committee to discuss the approach which they will take to their role as chairperson and their views about the future contribution of the body or Board in question.
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