Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 7 Oct 1997

Vol. 481 No. 1

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

Ivor Callely

Question:

221 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will issue a full list of names of all appointments and the State organisation to which the appointments were made in relation to each appointment made to bodies under the aegis of his Department during the months of May and June 1997; the period of the appointment; and the date on which the next appointments will be made for each body. [15394/97]

Mary Hanafin

Question:

223 Ms Hanafin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of appointments made to boards or bodies under the aegis of his Department between 1 May 1997 and 26 June 1997; the names of the appointees; the boards to which they were appointed; and the number of board vacancies which remained vacant after 26 June, but which could have been filled prior to 26 June. [15561/97]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 223 together.

The information in relation to boards and bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the following statement.

Name of Body	Name of person appointed	Date of appointment	Period of appointment	Date next vacancy will arise in ordinary course
Censorship of Films Appeal Board	Ms Barbara Culleton (Chairperson)	13 June 1977	5 years from 28 May, 1997 (date of expiry of last Board)	28 May 2002
	Rev. Canon Virginia Kennerley	,,	,,	,,
	Rev. John Dardis	,,	,,	,,
	Ms Fran McVeigh	,,	,,	,,
	Mrs. Mary McEvaddy	,,	,,	,,
	Mr. John O'Shea	,,	,,	,,
	Mr. Frank O'Daly	,,	,,	,,
	Mr. Joe O'Callaghan	,,	,,	,,
	Mr. Con Kelleher	,,	,,	,,
Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal	Ms Mary Hayes	15 May 1997	11 months	30 April 1998
	Mr. Harry Hunt	23June 1997	10 months
Superior Courts Rules Committee	Mr. Justice Kevin Lynch	8 May 1997	5 years	24 March 1998
Loughan House Visiting Committee	Ms Cora Duffy	24 June 1997	3 years	24 June 2000
Wheatfield Prison Visiting Committee	Ms Fidelma Collins	24 June 1997	3 years	24 June 2000

There are a number of vacancies on the Irish Legal Terms Advisory committee which existed for some time prior to 26 June 1997 and which remain to be filled. No other board under the aegis of my Department had unfilled vacancies on 26 June 1997.