Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 10 Feb 1993

Vol. 425 No. 7

Written Answers. - Appointments to Public Boards.

Bernard Allen

Question:

166 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice if she will give details of the appointments made in November and December, 1992, and January, 1993, to State boards under her aegis; the names of those appointed; and the boards to which they have been appointed.

Proinsias De Rossa

Question:

181 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Justice the number of Government or Ministerial appointments made to public bodies, State companies, State boards, State agencies or other organisations under her aegis, between 5th November, 1992 and 12th January, 1993; the persons appointed in each case; and the date on which the appointment was made.

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 and 181 together. The total number of appointments made in the periods in question was 47. Details regarding the appointee's name, date appointed and the body to which they were appointed are given in the following table:—

Appointee	Appointed to	Date appointed
Mr. Joseph Hogan	Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal	10.12.1992
Mr. Robert Dillon	Censorship of Publications Appeal Board	10.12.1992
Mr. Justice Declan Budd	Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland	9.12.1992
Mr. Justice John P. Clifford	District Court Rules Committee	17.12.1992
Mr. Justice John Blayney	Committee on Court Practice and Procedure	10.12.1992
Mr. James Tunney	Committee on Court Practice and Procedure	10.12.1992
Mr. Joseph McPeake	Committee on Court Practice and Procedure	10.12.1992
Ms. Marion McGennis	Committee on Court Practice and Procedure	10.12.1992
Ms. Katherine Keane	Arbour Hill Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Kieran Molloy	Arbour Hill Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Michael Nevin	Arbour Hill Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Diarmuid Wilson	Arbour Hill Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Kevin Dwyer	Arbour Hill Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Lorcan Allen	Mountjoy Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Ms. Mary Smith	Mountjoy Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Anthony McCormack	Mountjoy Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. James Woulfe	Mountjoy Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. James Lanigan	Mountjoy Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Ms. Anne Mooney	Mountjoy Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. John Burns	St. Patrick's Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Ms. Cynthia Butler	St. Patrick's Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Michael Goonan	St. Patrick's Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. Mattie Ryan	St. Patrick's Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. William Handley	St. Patrick's Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. Jude Ainsworth	St. Patrick's Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. Padraic Gavin	Prisons Training Unit Visiting Committee	5.12.1992
Mr. Gabriel Cribbin	Prisons Training Unit Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Ms. Monica Blood	Prisons Training Unit Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Pat Millea	Prisons Training Unit Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. Fintan Flood	Prisons Training Unit Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Ms. Sadie Jordan	Shanganagh Castle Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. James Tunney	Shanganagh Castle Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. Jody Gunning	Fort Mitchel Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mrs. Phil Chambers	Loughan House Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Hermon McNelis	Loughan House Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Peter Considine	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Seán Campbell	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Jack Bourke	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Denis Brosnan	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Mr. Frank Feery	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	5.11.1992
Cpt. Jack O'Carroll	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. John McEllin	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. Michael Doherty	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. Daniel O'Mahony	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. Tom Brunchard	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	10.12.1992
Mr. Peter Kelly	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	04.01.1993
*Mr. Brian Lynch	Wheatfield Visiting Committee	10.12.1992

*Has since resigned.

While the question, as framed, does not cover judicial appointments, the Deputy may expect that information would be provided on these also. The president made the following four judicial appointments during the periods in question:—

Appointee	Appointed to	Date appointed
The Hon. Ms. Justice Susan Denham	The Supreme Court	11.12.1992
The Hon. Mr. Justice Hugh Geoghegan	The High Court	11.12.1992
Ms Clare Leonard	The District Court	18.12.1992
Mr. Murrough B. Connellan	The District Court	18.12.1992