James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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511. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the boards of bodies (details supplied) under the aegis of his Department, to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [24232/25]

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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512. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the boards of bodies (details supplied) under the aegis of his Department, to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025, 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [24233/25]

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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513. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board 9details suppled) in correspondence to his 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 his Department or a Minister, by year and body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24234/25]

James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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514. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of members of boards (details supplied) in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24235/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 511, 512, 513 and 514 together.

The Terms of Reference of the Office of Public Works (OPW) are outlined in its Governance Framework. The OPW has an Audit and Risk Committee in place to advise the Accounting Officer, comprising external members and one representative of the OPW senior management. At least one member of the Board had recent, relevant financial experience during the period referred to in the Question. The Terms of Reference, audit, assurance and compliance arrangements for the OPW are set out in its Framework document, which is available at:

The Office of Regulator of the National Lottery does not have a board. The Office of Regulator of the National Lottery is constituted in the National Lottery Act 2013 as a single person office.

The Special EU Programmes Body does not have a board, in accordance with its establishing legislation.