Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 October 2011
109 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence the number of appointments he has made to State boards since March 9 2011; if he will list the names of each of these appointments and the boards to which they were appointed. [30202/11]
View answerThe bodies under the aegis of my Department are the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. The Civil Defence Act 2002 provides that the Board shall consist of at least eight but not more than fourteen members who shall be appointed by the Minister for Defence. Legislation is currently being drafted to dissolve the Civil Defence Board and transfer the functions of the Board back into the Department of Defence. I appointed the current Board as an interim measure from 11 July 2011.
Membership of the interim Board appointed from 11 July 2011 is set out in the table below:
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Name |
Nominating Bodies |
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Civil Defence Board Chairperson |
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Mr. Brian Spain, Director, Department of Defence |
Nominated by Minister for Defence |
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Civil Defence Board Members |
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Mr. Cathal Duffy, Principal Officer, Department of Defence |
Nominated by the Minister for Defence |
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Ms. Clare Tiernan, Principal Officer, Department of Defence |
Nominated by the Minister for Defence |
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Mr. Robert Mooney, Principal Officer, Department of Defence |
Nominated by the Minister for Defence |
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Mr. Bill Smith, Director General, Civil Defence Board |
Appointed as Director General, Civil Defence Board |
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Mr. Ned Gleeson, County Manager, Limerick City Council |
Nominated by City & County Managers Association |
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Mr. Keith Leonard, Assistant Fire Adviser |
Nominated by the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government |
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Dr. Barbara Rafferty |
Nominated by Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland |
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Ms. Becci Cantrell |
Nominated by the Environmental Protection Agency |
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Ms. Veronica Forde, Assistant Civil Defence Officer |
Nominated by the Civil Defence Officers Association |
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Lt. Col. Tony Kelly SSO, Defence Forces |
Nominated by the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces |
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Detective Superintendent Orla Mc Partlin, An Garda Síochána |
Nominated by the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána |
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Mr. Fergal Conroy |
Elected volunteer member of Civil Defence |
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Ms. Eileen Joyce |
Elected staff member of the Civil Defence Board |
No appointments have been made to the Army Pensions Board or to the Board of Coiste an Asgard since I took office as Minister for Defence.
In the context of settling the Estimates for the Department of Defence for 2010, the Government decided that the national sail training scheme operated by Coiste an Asgard would be discontinued as recommended in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure. As a result, no funding was provided in 2010 or 2011. No appointments have been made since that decision was taken and the Board will be dissolved shortly.
