Joanna Tuffy
Question:146 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Taoiseach the numbers appointed to State boards from July 2007 to date in 2008; and the number of those appointments who were women. [25495/08]
View answerTuesday, 1 July 2008
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Appointments were made to the following State Boards which come under the aegis of my Department during the time frame in question:
State Board/Agency: Law Reform Commission
There have been 4 board members reappointed to the Law Reform Commission since July 2007 to date, of whom 2 are women. These reappointments were made on 1 September, 2007 on foot of a Government Decision.
State Board/Agency: The National Economic and Social Forum (NESF)
There were 15 appointments to NESF from July 2007 to date, of whom one is a woman. These were solely Oireachtas nominations and as such are not representative of the overall gender balance of NESF which is 58% male and 42% female.
State Board/Agency: National Statistics Board
Nine appointments have been made by the Taoiseach to the National Statistics Board from July 2007 to date, of whom two are women.
All of these appointments were made in July 2007 with the exception of one appointment in August 2007 when a new Director General of the CSO was appointed (the Director General of the CSO holds an ex officio position on the NSB). The current board of the NSB is composed of 6 men and 2 women.