Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 4 Mar 2003

Vol. 562 No. 4

Written Answers - Ministerial Appointments.

Enda Kenny

Question:

178 Mr. Kenny asked the Taoiseach the names, occupations and dates of appointment of each of the persons appointed by him to the State boards and agencies within his aegis since June 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6510/03]

The Taoiseach

The bodies under the aegis of my Department are:

1	The National Statistics Board.
2	The National Economic and Social Council (NESC).
3	The National Economic and Social Forum (NESF).
4	The Information Society Commission.
5	The National Centre for Partnership and Performance (NCPP).
6	The Law Reform Commission.

National Statistics Board

Board Membership

Name	Occupation	Date of Appointment
Professor Frances Ruane	Professor, Trinity College	November 1994
Ms Helen Nic Fhlannchadha	Teacher	March 2002
Mary Doyle	Civil Servant	January 2001
Cathal O'Loghlin	Civil Servant	January 1999
Donal Garvey	Civil Servant	December 2000
Paula Carey	ICTU	February 1997
Frank Cunneen	Chairman, Health and Safety Authority	July 1999
Ciaran Dolan	Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assoc.	November 1994

There have been no appointments to the National Statistics Board since March 2002.

The National Economic and Social Council (NESC)

The Membership is:

Name	Occupation	Date of Appointment*(See note below)
Dermot McCarthy Chairperson	Secretary General Department of the Taoiseach
Mary Doyle Deputy Chairperson	Assistant Secretary Department of the Taoiseach
Trade Union Pillar Nominees
Dave Begg	General Secretary, ICTU
Peter McLoone	General Secretary, IMPACT
Manus O'Riordan	SIPTU
Joan Carmichael	ICTU
Des Geraghty	SIPTU
Business and Employer or Organisation Pillar Nominees
Turlough O'Sullivan	IBEC
Brian Geoghegan	IBEC
John Dunne	CCI
Liam Kelleher	CIF
Brendan Butler	IBEC

Name	Occupation	Date of Appointment*(See note below)
Agricultural and Farming Organisation Pillar Nominees
Seamus O'Donohue	Irish Co-operative Organisation Society
Ciaran Dolan	ICMSA
Michael Berkery	General Secretary, IFA
Con Lucey	Chief Economist, IFA
Damian McDonald	Macra na Feirme
Community and Voluntary Pillar Nominees
Fr. Sean Healy	CORI
Siobhan O'Donoghue	Community Workers Co-operative
Orla O'Connor	NWCI
Donal Geoghegan	National Youth Council
Eric Conroy	General Secretary, INOU
Government Department Nominees
John Hurley	Secretary General Dept of Finance
Paul Haron	Secretary General Dept of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Edmond Sullivan	Secretary General, AMD
Brendan Tuohy	Secretary General, Dept of Public Enterprise
John Fitzgerald	Dublin City Manager, Dublin Corporation
Independent Nominees
Prof. Jim Walsh	Dept of Geography NUI Maynooth
Prof. John Fitzgerald	ESRI
Geraldine McAteer	West Belfast Partnership
David Finn	Aer Rianta Official
Vacancy

*Last date of appointment for NESC was November 1999. It is not possible to be more specific with dates as organisations involved rotate members.

NESC membership is due to change end of March 2003.

The current list of members of the National Economic and Social Forum, NESF, is set out in the following schedule.

All the Oireachtas Members on the NESF, strand one, are appointed on the basis of discussions between the Whips and reflect party numbers in the Houses. These vacancies remain to be filled.

All other members – who are divided into different strands, with strand two covering employers, trade unions and farming bodies, strand three covering organisations in the voluntary and community sector and strand four covering Departments, local government and Independents – are all appointed on the basis of the names received from the nominating organisation.

Since 1997, changes have been made to these names from time to time by some of these organisations to reflect vacancies that arise.

Membership of the National Economic and Social Forum

Name	Occupation	Date of Appointment*(See note below)
Maureen Gaffeny	Independent Chairperson
Mary Doyle	Deputy Chairperson
(i) Oireachtas
Noel Ahern T.D.Seán Haughey T.D.Beverley Cooper-Flynn T.D.Michael Kitt T.D.Senator Margaret CoxSenator Pascal Mooney	Fianna Fáil

Name	Occupation	Date of Appointment*(See note below)
Gerry Reynolds T.D.Paul McGrath T.D.Bill Timmins T.D.Senator Mary JackmanSenator Therese Ridge	Fine Gael
Derek McDowell T.D.Senator Joe Costello	Labour
Senator Jim Gibbons	Progressive Democrats
Michael Lowry T.D.	Independents
(ii) Employer-Trade UnionsEmployer-Business Organisations:
Jackie HarrisonHeidi Lougheed	IBEC
Pat Delaney	Small Firms Association
Mirette Corboy	Construction Ind. Federation
Carmel Mulroy	Chambers of Commerce-Tourist Industry-Exporters Assoc
Eamonn DevoyBlair HoranJerry ShanahanManus O'RiordanPaula Carey	Trade Unions
Agricultural-Farming Organisations
Betty Murphy	Irish Farmers Assoc.
Pat O'Rourke	Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assoc.
Seamus O'Donoghue	Irish Co-operative Organisation Society
Eileen Doyle	Macra na Feirme
Breda Raggett	Irish Country Womens Assoc.
Community and Voluntary Sector
Gráinne HealySusan McNaughtonJoanna McMinn	Women's Organisations
Eric ConroyJoan CondonMary Murphy	Unemployed
Joe GallagherFrances ByrneJanice Ransom	Disadvantaged
Valerie Duffy	Youth
Paddy Donegan	Older People
John Dolan	Disability
Jeanne Meldon	Environment
Fr. Sean HealyAudry Deane	Others
Central Government, Local Government and IndependentsCentral Government
Secretary-General	Dept of Finance
Secretary-General	Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Secretary-General	Department of Social, and Family Affairs
Secretary-General	Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation
Secretary-General	Department of the Environment and Local Government

Name	Occupation	Date of Appointment*(See note below)
Local Government
Councillor Constance HanniffyCouncillor Tom KelleherCouncillor Patsy Treanor	General Council of County Councils
Councillor Tadhg Curtis	Association of Municipal Authorities
Donal O'Donoghue	County and City Managers Association
Independents
Professor Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh	National University of Ireland, Galway
Ms Marian Vickers	Northside Partnership
Ms Helen Johnston	Surg Equipment Ltd.
Mr. Niall Fitzduff	Rural Communities Network
Ms Noreen Kearney	Trinity College, Dublin

*Present membership nominated and formally appointed in 1998. It is not possible to be more specific with dates as organisations involved rotate members.

The second Information Society Commission was appointed by the Taoiseach on 30 November 2001. The members appointed were:

Name	Occupation
Danny O'Hare (Chairman)	Former President of DCU (Dublin City University)
Claire Cunningham	Director, Aura Internet Services Ltd
Dr. Chris Coughlan	Hewlett Packard
Michael Byrne	CEO, Ennis Information Age Services
Jerry Shanahan	ICTU-Amicus
Karen Hynes	Manager of E-Business Services, Chambers of Commerce of Ireland
Colm Reilly	PA Consulting
Inez Bailey	Director, National Adult Literacy Agency
Dr. Eamonn Conway	Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Mary Immaculate College, UL (University of Limerick)
Robert Johnston	JLS Software Solutions
Clodagh O'Donnell	Client Executive, Financial Services Sector, IBM
Dee Cari	Torque Management
Marion O'Neill	Manager, Kilkenny Information Age Town
Dr. Patricia O'Hara	Manager, Policy Division, Western Development Commission
Christopher Took	Web Developer (resigned September 2002)
Charles Stanley-Smith	Chief Technical Officer, Piercom
Brian Lennon	Guidance Counsellor, St. Oliver's College, Drogheda
Donal Toolan	Forum of People with Disabilities
Kathryn Raleigh	Director of the Irish Software Association, IBEC
Joe Horan	County Manager, South Dublin County Council
Peter Ryan	Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach

National Centre for Partnership and Performance

The NCPP was set up under the terms of the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness and following is a list of NCPP Council Members:

Members of Council

Name	Occupation	Date of Appointment*(see note below)
Peter Cassells	Executive Chairperson National Centre for Partnership and Performance
Employers
Brendan McGinty	Director Human Resources-Ind. Relations IBEC
Liam Doherty	Divisional Director Human Resource Services IBEC
Maria Moynihan	Human Resource Manager Dell Direct
Terry McEvoy	Directory Industrial Relations Construction Industry Federation
Unions
Tom Wall	Assistant General Secretary, ICTU
Jack O'Connor	Vice President SIPTU
Marie Levis	Assistant General Secretary IMPACT
John Tireney	National Secretary AMICUS
Government Departments
Philip Kelly	Assistant Secretary Dept of the Taoiseach
Ciaran Connolly	Assistant Secretary Dept of Finance
John Walsh	Assistant Secretary Dept of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Sylda Langford	Assistant Secretary Dept of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Independents
Prof. Bill Roche	Prof. of Ind. Relations and Human Resources Michael Smurfit Business School, UCD
Dr. Sheelah Ryan	Chief Executive Officer Western Health Board
Seamus O'Brien	Partnership Facilitator Galtee Meets
Prof. Kathy Monks	Dean, DCU Business School

*All appointments were made in October 2001

Law Reform Commission

Name	Occupation	Date of Appointment
The Hon. Mr. Justice Declan Budd, High Court	President	22 February 2000
The Hon. Mr Justice Vivian Lavan, Judge of the High Court	President	President on 27 July 1998, retired February 2000
Patricia T. Rickard-Clarke, Solicitor	Full-time Commissioner	1 October 2002
Dr. Hilary A Delaney, B.L., Senior Lecture in Law	Part-time Commissioner	15 April 2002
Professor Finbarr McAuley, B.C.L., LLB, MPhil, LLD,Jean Monnet, Professor of European Criminal Justice, UCD	Part-time Commissioner	1 September 1999
Marian Shanley, Solicitor	Part-time Commissioner	13 November 2001