Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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30. To ask the Taoiseach the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42487/20]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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National Economic and Social Council

The National Economic and Social Council is an independent statutory agency operating under the aegis of my Department.

The Terms of Reference and composition of the NESC are set out in legislation - the National Economic and Social Development Act, 2006, and in the National Economic and Social Council (Alteration of Composition) Order, 2010.

I appoint all members to the Council under this legislation which provides for nominations from

- five sectors (business and employer interests, ICTU, farming and agricultural interests, community and voluntary sector, environmental sector);

- public servants;

- independent members.

Each of the five sectors nominates three representatives to the Council.

A further six members are public servants, mainly Secretaries General, and must include a representative of my Department and the Department of Finance. The Secretary General of my Department is the Chair of the Council and an Assistant Secretary of my Department is the Deputy Chair.

There are also seven independent members on the Council.

Of the seven independent appointees, two were previous members who were re-appointed, one was appointed from the Department of the Taoiseach and four were appointed following an assessment process conducted by the Public Appointments Service in line with the Guidelines for appointments to State Boards.

Central Statistics Office

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is an independent Office under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach. The National Statistics Board (NSB) was established under the National Statistics Act 1993 to guide the strategic direction of the Central Statistics Office.

The National Statistics Board, as set out under Section 18 of the National Statistics Act 1993, has eight members - two are nominees of the Taoiseach, three are nominations by organisations representative of users of national statistics, two are Assistant Secretary grade or higher in the Department of the Taoiseach and Department of Finance, and the Director General of the CSO is a member in an ex officio capacity.

In the case of those members who are nominees of the Taoiseach or of organisations representative of users of national statistics, all vacancies are publically advertised through Public Appointments Service and stateboards.ie and appointments are made in line with the Guidelines for appointments to State Board

Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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31. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42476/20]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Details of the State Boards that fall under the remit of my Department, including details on board appointments and board vacancies, are available on the StateBoards.ie website. The information requested by the Deputy in regard to the current composition of these boards, disaggregated by appointments through PAS or Ministerial appointment, is set out below.

As the Deputy will be aware, individuals may be nominated for appointment by various organisations arising from terms in the relevant legislation regarding the Body concerned, and accordingly Ministerial board appointments are not in all cases made at my discretion.

The process for selection of Ministerial appointees to boards of Agencies is managed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) in accordance with the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The Deputy will also be aware that as Minister I am responsible for the final appointment of any representative that goes through a PAS process.

*This number includes the Departmental representative