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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2006

Tuesday, 7 March 2006

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Dan Boyle

Question:

286 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997; and the relevant bodies. [9223/06]

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The information requested by the Deputy on appointments made to the boards of State-sponsored bodies since my Department was established in June 2002 is set out in the following table.

Information on appointments to the boards of State-sponsored bodies prior to June 2002, under the aegis of the former Department of the Marine and Natural Resources and the former Department of Public Enterprise, will be compiled separately and forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Appointments to the boards of State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources made since June 2002.

An Post

Board Member

Appointment Date

Ms Margaret McGinley (Chairperson)

04.02.2003

Mr. Donal Curtin (Chief Executive)

14.07.2003

Ms Cathy Herbert

04.02.2003

Mr. Peter Wyer

04.02.2003

Mr. James Quinlivan

09.05.2003

Mr. James Hyland

11.12.2003

Mr. James Alan Sloane

01.01.2004

Mr. Jerry Condon

01.11.2004

Mr. Patrick Compton

01.11.2004

Mr. Patrick Davoren

01.11.2004

Mr. Thomas Devlin

01.11.2004

Mr. Terry Keller

01.11.2004

Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Conleth Bradley

17.07.03

Mr. Sean Murphy

17.07.03

Mr. Mario J. Minehane

17.07.03

Mr. Lorcan Ó Cinnéide

17.07.03

Mr. Sean Murphy

01.01.05

Mr. Lorcan Ó Cinnéide

01.01.05

Mr. Mario J. Minehane

01.01.05

Ms Mary McMahon

01.01.05

Ms Karin Dubsky

01.01.05

Mr. Damian McDonald

01.01.05

Bord na Móna

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Donagh O’Donoghue

13.11.02

Mr. Fergus McArdle

13.11.02

Mr. Paschal Campbell

13.11.02

Ms Johanna Downes

13.11.02

Mr. Pat McEvoy

01.01.03

Mr. P.J. Minogue

01.01.03

Mr. Paddy Rowland

01.01.03

Mr. Paddy Fox

01.01.03

Mr. P.J. Coghill

19.05.03

Ms Anne Heraty

28.09.04

Mr. Gabriel Cribbin

09.09.05

Bord Iascaigh Mhara

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Ms Rose McHugh

29.09.04

Bord Gáis Éireann

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Pearse O’Hanrahan

19.12.02

Mr. Aidan Eames

03.03.04

Mr. Tom Donlon

26.03.03

Mr. Micheal O’Faolain

19.05.03

Broadcasting Complaints Commission

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Michael McGrath (Chairperson)

18.10.05

Sean O’Sullivan

18.10.05

Eucharia Meehan

18.10.05

David Tighe

18.10.05

Miriam O’Callaghan

18.10.05

Susan Nolan

18.10.05

Phil Brady

18.10.05

Broadcasting Commission of Ireland

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Conor J. Maguire (Chairperson)

02.12 2003

Mr. John Waters

02.12 2003

Ms Mary Davis

02.12 2003

Ms Angela Kerins

02.12 2003

Ms Kay McGuinness

02.12 2003

Mr. Tom Collins

02.12 2003

Ms Vivienne Jupp

02.12 2003

Mr. John O’Brennan

02.12 2003

Ms Mary Kerrigan

02.12 2003

Mr. Joe Griffin

02.12 2003

Central Fisheries Board

Board Member

Date of Appointment

David Mackey (Chairman)

24.06.05

Mary Bohan

24.06.05

Éamon de Buitléir

24.06.05

Myles Kelly

24.06.05

Naul McCole

24.06.05

John Henry McLaughlin

24.06.05

Coillte Teoranta*

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Brendan McKenna (Chairperson)

26.06.02

Ms Sinead Leech

26.06.02

Mr. Martin Lowery (Chief Executive)

26.06.02

Mr. Breffni Byrne

07.08.02

Mr. Richard Howlin

14.05.03

Mr. Frank Toal

29.07.03

Appointments made up to transfer of responsibility to the Minister for Agriculture and Food on 01.01.2004.

Commission for Energy Regulation, CER

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Tom Reeves (Chairman)

14.10.04

Mr. Michael Tutty

14.10.04

Ms Regina Finn

01.02.05

Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. John Doherty

02.01.2003

Ms Isolde Goggins

02.01.2003

Mr. Mike Byrne

01.12.2004

The Digital Hub

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. William Burgess (Chairperson)

21.07.03

Mr. Philip Flynn (Chief Executive)

31.07.03

Dr. Don Thornhill

31.07.03

Mr. Dan Flinter

31.07.03

Mr. John Fitzgerald

31.07.03

Mr. Sean Dorgan

31.07.03

Mr. Paul Kavanagh

31.07.03

Mr. Peter Cassells

31.07.03

Ms Jackie Harrison

31.07.03

Mr. Paul McGuinness

31.07.03

Mr. Joe Murphy

29.09.04

Drogheda Harbour Board

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Tom O’Reilly

24.01.03

Mr. Frank Maher

24.01.03

Cllr. Jacqui McConville

21.12.03

Mr. Paddy Traynor (Chairperson)

20.12.04

Ms Maria O’Brien-Campbell

23.05.05

Mr. Cormac Bohan

29.09.04

Cllr. Paul Bell

04.08.04

Dublin Port Company

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Ms Brenda Daly

22.09.02

Mr. Seamus Martin

22.09.02

Cllr. Kevin Humphries

10.09.04

Cllr. Christy Burke

10.09.04

Cllr. Paddy Bourke

10.09.04

Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Thomas Quinn

05.12.02

Mr. Don McManus

05.02.04

Dundalk Port Company

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Kevin Meenan

05.04.05

Eastern Regional Fisheries Board

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Ms Betty Hayes

08.12.03

Electronic Communications Appeals Panel pool from which three persons will be appointed by the Minister to an appeal panel. Two panels currently exist, each with its own chairperson.

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Hugh Mohan SC

21.09.04

Margaret Heneghan BL

21.09.04

Catherine Woods BA

21.09.04

Mary Sadlier

23.05.05

Sean Barrett

23.05.05

Paul Burns SC

23.05.05

Finbarr Fox SC

23.05.05

Patrick Butler SC

24.05.05

Liam Cahill

20.06.05

Brian O’Moore SC

14.07.05

Eileen Barrington JC

15.06.05

Eirgrid

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Ms Martina Moloney

15.09.04

Mr. Maurice Holly (staff representative)

21.09.04 (re-appointed)

Ms Emer Daly

20.03.05 (2nd term)

Mr David Mackey

20.03.05 (2nd term)

Mr. Dermot Byrne CEO (ex officio)

04.07.05

Ms Bernie Gray

08.09.05

ESB

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Padraig McManus (Chief Executive)

17.02.02

Mr. Joe Lacumbre (Deputy Chairperson)

01.01.03

Mr. John McGinley

01.01.03

Mr. Pat Smith

01.01.03

Mr. Eamonn Connelly

01.01.03

Mr. Brendan Byrne

01.09.04

Mr. Tadhg O’Donoghue

07.09.05 (2nd term)

Ms Georgina Kenny

18.05.05 (2nd term)

Galway Harbour Board

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Robert Molloy

10.02.03

Mr. Martin Connolly

04.12.03

Cllr. Joe Tierney

13.08.04

Cllr. Sean Kyne

05.04.05

Irish National Petroleum Corporation

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Edmund O’Connell (Chairperson)

22.06.02

Mr. Seamus Ó Scolláin

25.09.03

Ms Mary Austin

25.09.03

Mr. Vincent Caffrey

25.09.03

Loughs Agency*

Board Member

Appointment Date

Mr. Jack Allen

13.12.02

Mr. Keith Anderson

13.12.02

Mr. Francis Feeley

13.12.02

Mr. Dick Blackiston-Houston

13.12.02

Dr. Patrick J. Griffin

13.12.02

Lord Cooke of Islandreagh

13.12.02

Ms Siobhán Logue

13.12.02

Ms Jacqui McConville

13.12.02

Mr. Joseph Martin

13.12.02

Mr. Tarlach Ó Crosáin

13.12.02

Mr. Peter Savage

13.12.02

Mr. Andrew Ward

13.12.02

*These appointments were made jointly with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Marine Institute

Board Member

Appointment Date

Ms Terry Fleming

29.09.04

Mr. Kevin Bonner (Chairperson)

24.06.05

Ms Dairine McFadden

19.12.05

Mining Board

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Philip O’Brien (Chairperson)

21.07.03

Mr. John Shackleton

04.12.03

Mr. Eoin Ó Buachalla

04.12.03

National Salmon Commission

Board Member

Appointment Date

Dr. Philip McGinnitty

31.01.03

Mr. Brian Sheerin

20.08.03

Mr. Brendan O’Rourke

31.01.03

Mr. Joey Murrin (Chairperson)

30.09.05

Jim Curran

30.09.05

Brian Curran

30.09.05

John H. O’Brien

30.09.05

Peter Hunt

30.09.05

Vincent Roche

30.09.05

Michael Keatinge

30.09.05

Derick Anderson

30.09.05

Noel Carr

30.09.05

Lal Faherty

30.09.05

Martin McEnroe

30.09.05

Luke Boyle

30.09.05

Jerome Dowling

30.09.05

John Doherty

30.09.05

Michael Conners

30.09.05

Seamus De Burca

30.09.05

Carmel Lynn

30.09.05

Frank Flanagan

30.09.05

Peter Dunn

30.09.05

Richie Flynn

30.09.05

New Ross Port Company

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Ms Rosie Kehoe

17.02.04

Cllr. Sean Connick

17.02.04

Cllr. Larry O’Brien

26.11.04

Northern Regional Fisheries Board

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Billy Grimes

July 2003

Port of Cork Company

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Cllr. Tim Falvey

14.02.02

Mr. Paul Millard

15.10.02

Mr. David Doolan

15.10.02

Cllr. Michael Hegarty

04.08.04

Port of Waterford Company

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Ald. Thomas Cunningham

19.08.02

Mr. Ben Gavin (Chairperson)

05.02.04

Ms Fiona Robbins

05.02.04

Mr. Pádraig Ó Gríofa

05.02.04

Mr. Maurice Lonergan

05.02.04

Mr. Michael Flynn

05.02.04

Mr. Patrick Murphy

05.02.04

Mr. Derek Donnelly

05.02.04

Ms Lola O’Sullivan

29.08.04

Mr. Derek Madigan

16.03.05

Raidio Telefís Éireann Authority

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Des Geraghty

22.10.02

Fintan Drury

21.06.05

Maria Killian

21.06.05

Patricia King

21.06.05

Ian Malcolm

21.06.05

Úna Ní Chonaire

21.06.05

Stephen O’Byrnes

29.06.05 (2nd term)

Patrick Marron

29.06.05 (2nd term)

Emer Finnan

14.09.05

Joe O’Brien

14.09.05

Shannon Foynes Port Company

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Gerard Reidy

17.07.02

Mr. Joe Treacy

17.07.02

Southern Regional Fisheries Board

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Pat Bowe

14.12.04

Sustainable Energy Ireland

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Martin Finucane

24.10.03

Regional Harbour Authorities

Arklow Harbour

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Cllr. Sylvester Bourke

28.09.04

Cllr. Pat Doran

28.09.04

Cllr. Peter Dempsey

28.09.04

Cllr. Donal O’Sullivan

28.09.04

Mr. James Tyrell

28.09.04

Mr. Lorcan O’Toole

28.09.04

Mr. Austin Gaffney

28.09.04

Ms Ann Lee

28.09.04

Mr. Paddy Mordaunt

28.09.04

Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald

28.09.04

Cllr. Pat Sweeney

28.09.04

Annagassan Harbour

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Cllr. Tommy Reilly

28.09.04

Cllr. Finnan McCoy

28.09.04

Cllr. Pearse McGeough

28.09.04

Cllr. Jim Lennon

28.09.04

Mr. Terry Butterly

28.09.04

Ms Rosemarie Coyle

28.09.04

Mr. Liam Reilly

28.09.04

Mr. Tommy McGrory

28.09.04

Mr. Gerard Sheridan

28.09.04

Baltimore and Skibbereen Harbour

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Cllr. Tadhg O’Donovan

28.09.04

Cllr. Joe Carroll

28.09.04

Cllr. Brendan Leahy

28.09.04

Cllr. Brendan McCarthy

28.09.04

Mr. Michael Harte

28.09.04

Mr. Vincent O’Driscoll

28.09.04

Mr. Danny O’Driscoll

28.09.04

Mr. Dermot Sheehy

28.09.04

Mr. Kieron Cotter

28.09.04

Bantry Harbour

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. John O’Riordan

28.09.04

Mr. Michael Hennebry

28.09.04

Cllr. Eugene Cronin

28.09.04

Cllr. Patrick Kelly

28.09.04

Mr. John O’Shea

28.09.04

Mr. Donal Casey

28.09.04

Mr. Aiden McCarthy

28.09.04

Mrs. Kathleen Tessyman

28.09.04

Ms Letty Baker

28.09.04

Mr. Mario Minehane

28.09.04

Mr. Tim Minihane

28.09.04

Dingle Harbour

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Tom Fitzgerald

28.09.04

Mr. Eoin O’Cathain

28.09.04

Mr. Paddy Flannery

28.09.04

Mr. Denis O’Conner

28.09.04

Mr. Tom Kennedy

28.09.04

Cllr. Seamus Fitzgerald

28.09.04

Cllr. Breandán Mac Gearailt

28.09.04

Dr. Fionnbar O’Shea

28.09.04

Mr. Timothy O’Sullivan

28.09.04

Kinsale Harbour

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Billy Lynch

28.09.04

Mr. Charles Hendeson

28.09.04

Mr. Kevin Murphy

28.09.04

Cllr. Alan Coleman

28.09.04

Mr. Eamon O’Neill

28.09.04

Mr. Frank Kiernan

28.09.04

Mr. John Twomey

28.09.04

Mr. Courtney Good

28.09.04

Mr. Michael T. Frawley

28.09.04

River Moy Harbour

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. John Keane

28.09.04

Mr. Dessie Padden

28.09.04

Mr. Jimmy Sheridan

28.09.04

Cllr. Annie May Reape

28.09.04

Mr. John Farrell

28.09.04

Mr. Edward Melvin

28.09.04

Mr. Tommy Ginley

28.09.04

Mr. Paddy Jackson

28.09.04

Mr. Judd Ruane

28.09.04

Cllr. Jimmy Moloney

28.09.04

Mr. Michael McDonagh

28.09.04

Sligo Harbour

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Albert Higgins

28.09.04

Mr. Patsy Barry

28.09.04

Ms Veronica Cawley

28.09.04

Mr. Johnathan McGoldrick

28.09.04

Mr. Gerry McCanny

28.09.04

Mr. Stephen Rundle

28.09.04

Mr. Seamus Monaghan

28.09.04

Mr. Jim McMorrow

28.09.04

Mr. Gene O’Carroll

28.09.04

Mr. Liam Gannon

28.09.04

Mr. Padraic Branley

28.09.04

Tralee and Fenit Harbour

Board Member

Date of Appointment

Mr. Roland Blennerhassett

28.09.04

Mr. Con Casey

28.09.04

Mr. Dermot Crowley

28.09.04

Mr. James Browne

28.09.04

Ms Norma Foley

28.09.04

Mr. Michael Moriarity

28.09.04

Mr. John Wall

28.09.04

Ms Toireasa Ní Fhearaíosa

28.09.04

Mr. Christopher Lynch

28.09.04

Mr. Vincent Locke

28.09.04

Mr. Liam Sullivan

28.09.04

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