Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next appointment to the Board of Fáilte Ireland is due to take place; the procedure for the appointment process; and the criteria employed as part of such appointments. [60406/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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As Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media I have responsibility for appointments to the Board of Fáilte Ireland. 

Appointments to State boards are made via a process managed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS), which operates a dedicated website, www.stateboards.ie, through which it advertises such vacancies.  Since this process was put in place in 2014, it has consistently been used by my Department to identify suitably qualified members of the public who are interested in serving on boards under my remit.  The procedures employed and criteria used by PAS are available on their website.

I expect to be in a position to fill the current vacancies on the Board of Fáilte Ireland in the very near future.