Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 July 2012
504 Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of appointments that have been advertised on his Department’s website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35606/12]
View answerUp to 3 July 2012, the latest date for which information is available, the position is as follows:
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Agency / Board |
Name of Appointee(Chairperson highlighted) |
Position Advertised |
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An Bord Pleanála |
Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson) |
Yes |
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Mr. Conall Boland (Deputy Chairperson) |
No |
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Ms Mary MacMahon |
No |
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Mr. Michael Leary |
No |
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Mr. Nicholas Mulcahy |
No |
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Mr. Gabriel Dennison |
No |
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Mr. Paddy Keogh |
No |
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Building Regulation Advisory Board |
Mr. Aidan O’Connor (Departmental representative) |
No |
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Mr. Paul Kelly |
No |
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Mr. Conor Taaffe |
No |
|
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Dormant Accounts Board |
Mr. Michael Morley (Chairperson) |
No (reappointed) |
|
Mr. Des Gunning |
No (reappointed) |
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Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Dr. Niamh Brennan |
No (reappointed) |
|
Mr. Niall Coveney |
No (reappointed) |
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Mr. Dónall Curtin |
No (reappointed) |
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Ms Yvonne Farrell |
No (reappointed) |
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Mr. Mark Griffin (Departmental Representative) |
No (reappointed) |
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Mr. Brendan Malone |
No (reappointed) |
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Ms Catherine Mullarkey |
No (reappointed) |
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Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. John Tierney (Chairperson) Dublin City Manager |
No |
|
Mr. Gerry Grimes |
No |
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Mr. Philip Matthews |
No |
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Ms Lucy McCaffrey |
No |
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Mr. Charlie Murphy |
No |
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Ms Imelda Reynolds |
No |
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Mr. Michael Stubbs |
No |
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Mr. Frank Walsh |
No |
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Environmental Protection Agency |
Ms Laura Burke (Director General) |
Yes |
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Housing Finance Agency |
Dr. Michelle Norris (Chairperson) |
Yes |
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Mr. John Hogan (Department of Finance nominee) |
No |
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Mr. Phillip Nugent (Departmental representative) |
No |
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Ms Jackie Maguire (CCMA Representative) |
No |
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Mr. Colm Brophy |
Yes |
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Mr. Michael Murray |
Yes |
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Mr. Padraic Cafferty |
Yes |
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Dr. Mary Lee Rhodes |
Yes |
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Mr. Jim Miley |
No |
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Ms Michelle Murphy Lawless |
No |
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|
Mr. Gerry Leahy |
No |
|
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Irish Water Safety |
Ms Breda Collins (Chairperson) |
Yes |
|
Mr. John Considine |
Yes |
|
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Mr. Michael Cuddihy |
Yes |
|
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Mr. Tom Doyle |
Yes |
|
|
Mr. Brendan McGrath |
Yes |
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Mr. Paul Murphy |
Yes |
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|
Mr. Seamus O’Neill |
Yes |
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|
Mr. Martin O’Sullivan |
Yes |
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|
Ms Anne Ryan |
Yes |
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|
Ms Lola O’Sullivan |
Yes |
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Mr. Christy McDonagh |
Yes |
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Mr. Tim O’Sullivan (Departmental representative) |
No |
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Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Rich Howlin (Chairperson) |
No |
|
Mr. John O’Connor |
No |
|
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Mr. Eddie Lewis (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
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Ms Marie McLaughlin (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Representative) |
No |
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Mr. Peter Carey County Manager Laois County Council |
No |
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|
Ms Ann McGuinness Retired County Manager, Westmeath County Council |
No |
|
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Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council |
No |
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Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council |
No |
|
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Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
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Mr. Enda Holland (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Representative) |
No |
|
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Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council |
No |
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Mr. Donal Enright (Departmental representative) |
No |
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Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council |
No |
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Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
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National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee |
Mr. Tom Coughlan County Manager Clare County Council |
No |
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Private Residential Tenancies Board |
Mr. Tim Ryan |
Yes |
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Ms Tricia Sheehy Skeffington |
Yes |
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Ms Paula O’Reilly (Departmental representative) |
No |
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Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Professor William Reville (Chairperson) Professor of Biochemistry UCC (Retired) |
Yes |
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Dr. Paraic James Senior Lecturer, DCU |
Yes |
|
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Dr. Maurice Fitzgerald Dental Council |
No |
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|
Dr. Patricia Cunningham Consultant Radiologist |
No |
*The board of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority was reappointed from 1 May 2012 and replaced by a new board from 1 June 2012 which will continue in place until 31 December 2013.
A notice was placed on my Department's website on 19 July, 2011 seeking expressions of interest, from suitably qualified and experienced persons, for consideration as members or chairpersons of the boards of state bodies under the aegis of my Department. The notice is updated regularly as specific vacancies arise. However, expressions of interest can be made at any time and are kept on file in my Department for consideration as vacancies occur.
All appointments are made in accordance with the appropriate legislation governing appointments to each body. In considering applications due regard is had to Government policy regarding gender balance on State Boards.
A number of different statutory processes are involved in appointments to State boards. In some cases statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Government or by the Minister. In a number of situations, only some appointments to the body concerned are made by the Minister, or appointments are made with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
The Boards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and An Bord Pleanála are executive in nature and members are employed on a full time salaried basis. The appointments as Chairperson of An Bord Pleanála and Director General of the EPA were made by Government following competitions held by the Public Appointments Service.
The Chair of the Board for the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (HSCA) has been re-appointed on an interim basis pending the imminent, formal establishment of the Agency under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Acts 1971 to 2012.
The Dormant Accounts Board has now been dissolved under the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act, 2012.
The following members were appointed to the Board of Pobal, a not-for-profit company under the aegis of my Department, by Government:
Mr. Séamus Boland (Chair)
Mr. Thomas Maguire
Mr. Liam Keane
Ms Siobhan McLoughlin
Ms Jennifer McHugh
Ms Marie Hurley
Article 3 of the Articles of Association of Pobal requires the Minister to consider nominations received from a list of stakeholders and the Social Partners defined by Government in 2005. The list comprises:
National Social Partners,
Social Partners party to the Sustaining Progress Agreement; and Stakeholders,
Area and Community Partnership,
County Childcare Committees, and
City and County Managers Association.
A consultation process was conducted and 22 nominations received from the Stakeholders and the National Social Partners were considered for purposes of the Government appointments to the vacant positions on the board.
