James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of her Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12150/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information in respect of aegis bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Aegis bodies have been provided with the question and have been advised to respond directly to the Deputy.

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board in correspondence to her Department or a Minister in respect of the composition of the board of the body referred, for each year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; to identify any body where the chairperson of that board never identified skills gaps to her Department or a Minister, by year and body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12168/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My officials confirmed that no correspondence has been received within the scope of your question.

State board appointments are typically made via the Public Appointments Service (PAS). PAS routinely stipulate the skill set required for service on individual boards in specific information booklets. Information booklets, developed with input from the Chair, detail the skills, competencies and experience expected of prospective board members.

In consideration of approaches to the filling of vacant board posts for bodies under the aegis of my Department, my obligations are informed by relevant legislative underpinning of the aegis bodies, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, guidance which includes the 2014 Guidelines on Appointments to State boards, the 2016 Code of Practice for the Governance of State bodies (S2.4 and S4.2), and also the 2020 publication by DPENDR of an Annex on Gender Balance, Diversity and Inclusion to the Code of Practice (www.gov.ie/en/circular/ceb75-142020-code-of-practice-for-the-governance-of-state-bodies/).

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of her Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the year or years where no so such member existed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12186/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information in respect of aegis bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Aegis bodies have been provided with the question and have been advised to respond directly to the Deputy.

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of her Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12204/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information in respect of aegis bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Aegis bodies have been provided with the question and have been advised to respond directly to the Deputy.