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Appointments to State Boards.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2006

Tuesday, 7 March 2006

Questions (503, 504)

Dan Boyle

Question:

536 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1264 of 25 January 2006, the State boards or bodies to which the 672 appointments were made under the aegis of her Department since 2002. [9227/06]

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Written answers

The majority of appointments to boards are of people nominated by various bodies and then formally appointed by the Minister.

The 672 appointments in question relate to the period since 1997. The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following tabular statement.

DES Public Appointments June 1997-January 2006.

Board/College

No. of Appointments

National Qualifications Authority of Ireland

14

Further Education and Training Awards Council

18

Higher Education and Training Awards Council

15

School Transport Appeals Board

6

Registration Council

1

National Centre for Technology in Education

17

Teaching Council

37

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

25

Comhairle um Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíchta

23

State Examinations Commission

5

National Education Welfare Board

18

Education Disadvantage Committee

21

Advisory Council for English Language Schools

8

Gaisce

50

Léargas

20

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse

12

Residential Institutions Redress Board

12

Residential Institutions Redress Review Committee

4

Education (former residents of institutions for children) Finance Board

9

National Council for Special Education

13

New Schools Advisory Committee

6

Appeals Board on the Recognition of New Primary Schools

3

Appeals Committee on Incremental Credit

4

Athlone IT

2

Blanchardstown IT

2

Carlow IT

2

Cork IT

2

Dundalk IT

2

DLIADT

2

Galway-Mayo It

2

Letterkenny It

1

Limerick IT

2

Sligo IT

2

Tallaght IT

2

Tralee IT

2

Waterford It

2

DIT

2

Tipperary Rural & Business Development Institute

6

Lusk Schools for Young Offenders

18

Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre

19

St. Joseph’s Special School

16

Higher Education Authority

46

National University of Ireland

8

University College Dublin

10

University College Cork

12

NUI Galway

10

NUI Maynooth

6

Dublin City University

8

University of Limerick

8

Trinity College Dublin

2

National College of Art and Design

22

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Council

2

School of Celtic Studies

15

School of Theoretical Physics

12

School of Cosmic Physics

13

Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann

2

Irish Research

21

Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology

26

National Council for Educational Awards

9

Irish Academy for Performing Arts

13

Dan Boyle

Question:

537 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1264 of 25 January 2006, the State boards or bodies on which there are currently 53 vacancies. [9228/06]

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The 53 vacancies referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 1264 of 25 January 2006 are listed in the attached table.

Department of Education and Science: Current Vacancies on Boards-Colleges 25/1/06

Board/College

Number of Vacancies

National Council For Special Education

2

Educational Disadvantage Committee

no determined no. of places on committee (21 on previous committee)

Residential Institutions Redress Board

1

Board of Management of Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre

2

Blanchardstown IT

2

Dundalk IT

1

Letterkenny IT

2

Sligo IT

1

NCCA

1

Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology

1

Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Science

5

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

14

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