Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2004
607 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the appointments that have been made to State boards and bodies within her Department from 1 January 2003 to 15 June 2004; the persons appointed; and the persons they are replacing. [17806/04]
View answerThe five statutory agencies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Pensions Board, the Combat Poverty Agency, Comhairle, the Social Welfare Tribunal, and the Family Support Agency.
On 16 February 2004 I appointed Mr. Michael McNulty as chairperson of the Pensions Board following the resignation of the previous chairperson, Ms Grainne Clohessy, in December 2003.
I also appointed, for the first time, a Pensions Ombudsman, Mr. Paul Kenny, from 28 April 2003. Appointments to the Combat Poverty Agency Board since 1 January 2003 are as follows:
|
Person Appointed |
Date of Appointment |
Person Replaced |
|
Brian Duncan |
08/03/04 |
Reappointed |
|
Pearse O’Hanrahan |
06/12/03 |
Reappointed |
|
Helen Johnston |
01/06/04 |
Reappointed |
|
Tony Lane |
31/01/03 |
Fintan Farrell |
|
Alice Robertson |
31/01/03 |
Reappointed |
|
Maria Gorman |
31/01/03 |
Grace Maguire |
|
Frank Curran |
31/01/03 |
Benny Devlin |
|
Anthony Gavin |
31/01/03 |
Niall O’Keefe |
|
Marie O’Neill |
20/02/03 |
Mary Kennedy |
|
Maria Corrigan |
07/05/03 |
Reappointed |
|
Olive Sweetman |
07/05/03 |
Michael Waugh |
|
Margaret Sweeney |
20/08/03 |
Reappointed |
|
Tony O’Callaghan |
20/08/03 |
Christina Maguire |
|
Callista Bennis |
01/06/04 |
Bernard Feeney |
|
Person Appointed |
Date of Appointment |
Person Replaced |
|
John Hogan |
19/06/03 |
Reappointed |
|
Martin Naughton |
19/06/03 |
Reappointed |
|
Joe Meagher |
19/06/03 |
* |
|
Michael Walsh |
19/06/03 |
* |
|
Patricia Walshe |
19/06/03 |
* |
|
David Ormond |
19/06/03 |
* |
|
Maria Mangan |
08/07/03 |
* |
|
Hubert Kearns |
04/11/03 |
* |
* These board members replaced the following people:
Terry O'Sullivan
Carol Brill
John Gallahue
Clare Young
John Quinlivan
Oliver Wilkinson.
|
Person Appointed |
Date of Appointment |
Person Replaced |
|
Colin Walker |
06/03/03 |
Reappointed |
|
Patrick Pierce |
04/10/03 |
Tom Noonan |
|
Dympna Harpur |
04/10/03 |
Reappointed |
|
Fergus Whelan |
04/10/03 |
Reappointed |
|
Richard Keating |
04/10/03 |
Reappointed |
On the Family Support Agency, the board was formally established on 6 May 2003 and all persons appointed then continue to hold office. They are listed as follows:
|
Person Appointed |
Date of Appointment |
|
Mr Michael O’Kennedy |
06/05/03 |
|
Mr Paddie Connellan |
06/05/03 |
|
Ms Sinead Hanly |
06/05/03 |
|
Mr Gerard Mangan |
06/05/03 |
|
Ms Clare Cashman |
06/05/03 |
|
Mr Dick Hickey |
06/05/03 |
|
Mr Brendan Murphy |
06/05/03 |
|
Dr Colm O’Connor |
06/05/03 |
|
Ms Muriel Walls |
06/05/03 |
|
Ms Dilly O’Brien |
06/05/03 |
|
Ms Brid Rocks |
06/05/03 |
|
Ms Margaret Farrell |
31/07/03 |
