Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of former civil servants who are currently serving on State boards under his remit; the number of former county managers and chief executive officers of local authorities who are currently on each of the State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33850/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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In making appointments to State boards under my remit as Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, my department operates in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines on appointments to State Boards, published in November 2014. 

The Public Appointments Service (PAS) has responsibility for managing an open, accessible and transparent system to support Ministers in making state board appointments and it is open to the public to apply for positions advertised on the stateboards.ie website.

Although the information requested by the Deputy may be available as part of the appointment process, under General Data Protection Regulation guidelines my department does not have access to this information once the appointment has been made.

The names of all individuals serving on our State Boards are available on the State Boards website, www.stateboards.ie