I propose to circulate in the Official Report the numerical details requested by the Deputy.
Since late 1986, my Department have maintained a register of candidates for appointment to State-sponsored bodies generally. It was compiled following consultation with other Government Departments, the Consultative Group of Chief Executives of State Organisations, the Social Partners, the National Youth Council, the Council for the Status of Women and the Boardroom Centre of the Irish Mangement Institute. The register, which has been made available to all Ministers, contains the names of over 500 persons. The number of bodies on which a person serves at any one time is something that has to be taken into account at the time of appointment to those bodies in the light of the commitment the individual can make and his or her special qualifications or experience.
Appointments to State Boards by the Taoiseach since 1987.
Name of Body
|
Number of Appointments
|
Male
|
Female
|
Arts Council
|
17
|
14
|
3
|
Irish Manuscripts Commission
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
2
|
2
|
—
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
National Heritage Council
|
14
|
10
|
4
|
National Statistics Board
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
Údarás na Gaeilge
|
3
|
3
|
—
|
Bord na Gaeilge
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge
|
7
|
5
|
2
|