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Appointments to State Boards

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2012

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Questions (419, 420)

Gerry Adams

Question:

419. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form all appointments to State boards under his ambit since the Government took office; when the person was appointed; if the position entitles the holder to remuneration and if so the amount in each case; if the appointment was made in accordance with new procedures whereby Departments has to invite expressions of interest from the public in vacancies on the boards under their aegis. [45803/12]

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Gerry Adams

Question:

420. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of chairs of State boards that have been appointed since the Government came into office; if there is a remuneration for the position and if so the amount of same; if the appointee was required to go before Oireachtas Committees to discuss what they have to offer to the particular Board or Committee to which they are being appointed. [45819/12]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 and 420 together.

Up to 30 September 2012, the latest date for which information is available, the position is as follows:

Agency / Board

Name of Appointee (Chairperson highlighted)

Date of Appointment

Remuneration

Position advertised

An Bord Pleanála

Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson)

29/08/2011

PPC Rate €189,474 (non-PPC Rate €180,000)

Yes

An Bord Pleanála

Mr. Conall Boland (Deputy Chairperson)

01/01/2012

PPC Rate €138,387 (non PPC Rate €126,718)

No

An Bord Pleanála

Ms. Mary MacMahon

27/11/2011

PPC Rate €116,935 to €127,588 (non PPC Rate €111,214 to €121,208)

No

An Bord Pleanála

Mr. Michael Leary

14/05/2012

No

An Bord Pleanála

Mr. Nicholas Mulcahy

21/05/2012

No

An Bord Pleanála

Mr. Gabriel Dennison

21/05/2012

No

An Bord Pleanála

Mr. Paddy Keogh

21/05/2012

No

Building Regulation Advisory Board

Mr. Aidan O'Connor (Departmental representative)

19/04/2011

Nil

No

Building Regulation Advisory Board

Mr. Paul Kelly

19/04/2011

Nil

No

Building Regulation Advisory Board

Mr. Conor Taaffe

16/06/2011

Nil

No

Dormant Accounts Board

Mr. Michael Morley (Chairperson)

04/01/2012

€8,978.00

No (reappointed)

Dormant Accounts Board

Mr. Des Gunning

01/01/2012

€5,985.00

No (reappointed)

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Dr. Niamh Brennan

01/05/2012

Nil

No (reappointed)

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Mr. Niall Coveney

01/05/2012

€11,970.00

No (reappointed)

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Mr. Dónall Curtin

01/05/2012

€11,970.00

No (reappointed)

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Ms. Yvonne Farrell

01/05/2012

€11,970.00

No (reappointed)

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Mr. Mark Griffin (Departmental Representative)

01/05/2012

Nil

No (reappointed)

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Mr. Brendan Malone

01/05/2012

€11,970.00

No (reappointed)

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Ms. Catherine Mullarkey

01/05/2012

€11,970.00

No (reappointed)

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Mr. John Tierney (Chairperson)

01/06/2012

Nil

No

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Mr. Gerry Grimes

01/06/2012

€11,970.00

No

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Dr. Philip Matthews

01/06/2012

€11,970.00

No

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Ms. Lucy McCaffery

01/06/2012

€11,970.00

No

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Mr. Charlie Murphy

01/06/2012

€11,970.00

No

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Ms. Imelda Reynolds

01/06/2012

€11,970.00

No

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Mr. Michael Stubbs

01/06/2012

€11,970.00

No

Dublin Docklands Development Authority*

Mr. Frank Walsh

01/06/2012

€11,970.00

No

Environmental Protection Agency

Ms. Laura Burke (Director General)

08/11/2011

PPC Rate €164,464 (non-PPC Rate €156,240)

Yes

Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. Dara Lynott

12/07/2012

Salary Scale PPC Rate €127,588 - €145,952, Non - PPC Rate €121,208 - €138,655

No (reappointed)

Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. Gerard O'Leary

08/05/2012

Yes

Housing Finance Agency

Dr. Michelle Norris (Chairperson)

22/02/2012

€11,970.00

Yes

Housing Finance Agency

Mr. John Hogan (Department of Finance nominee)

22/02/2012

Nil

No

Housing Finance Agency

Mr. Phillip Nugent (Departmental representative)

22/02/2012

Nil

No

Housing Finance Agency

Ms. Jackie Maguire (CCMA Representative)

13/03/2012

Nil

No

Housing Finance Agency

Mr. Colm Brophy

13/03/2012

€7,695.00

Yes

Housing Finance Agency

Mr. Michael Murray

13/03/2012

€7,695.00

Yes

Housing Finance Agency

Mr. Padraic Cafferty

21/03/2012

€7,695.00

Yes

Housing Finance Agency

Dr. Mary Lee Rhodes

21/03/2012

€7,695.00

Yes

Housing Finance Agency

Mr. Jim Miley

30/04/2012

€7,695.00

Yes

Housing Finance Agency

Ms. Michelle Murphy Lawless

30/04/2012

€7,695.00

Yes

Housing Finance Agency

Mr. Gerry Leahy

30/04/2012

€7,695.00

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Ms. Breda Collins (Chairperson)

21/11/2011

€8,978.00

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Mr. John Considine

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Mr. Michael Cuddihy

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Mr. Tom Doyle

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Mr. Brendan McGrath

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Mr. Paul Murphy

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Mr. Seamus O'Neill

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Mr. Martin O'Sullivan

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Ms. Anne Ryan

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Ms. Lola O'Sullivan

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Mr. Christy McDonagh

21/11/2011

Nil

Yes

Irish Water Safety

Mr. Tim O'Sullivan (Departmental representative)

21/11/2011

Nil

No

Irish Water Safety

Mr. Odran Reid

27/06/2012

Nil

Yes

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency

Mr. Rich Howlin (Chairperson)

21/12/2011

€11,970.00

No

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency

Mr. Eddie Lewis (Departmental representative)

21/12/2011

Nil

No

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency

Ms. Marie McLaughlin (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform Representative)

21/12/2011

Nil

No

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency

Mr. Peter Carey County Manager Laois County Council

21/12/2011

Nil

No

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency

Ms. Ann McGuinness

21/12/2011

€7,695.00

No

Local Government Computer Services Board

Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council

01/01/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Computer Services Board

Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council

01/11/2011

Nil

No

Local Government Computer Services Board

Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative)

23/11/2011

Nil

No

Local Government Computer Services Board

Mr. Enda Holland (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform Representative)

22/02/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Services Board

Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council

01/01/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Services Board

Mr. Donal Enright (Departmental representative)

01/11/2011

Nil

No

Local Government Management Services Board

Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council

01/11/2011

Nil

No

Local Government Management Services Board

Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative)

23/11/2011

Nil

No

Local Government Management Agency***

Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative)

24/09/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Agency***

Mr. Donal Enright (Departmental representative)

24/09/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Agency***

Mr. Paul McDonald (Departmental representative)

24/09/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Agency***

Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council

20/09/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Agency***

Mr. Peter Carey County Manager Laois County Council

20/09/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Agency***

Mr. Hubert Kearns County Manager Sligo County Council

20/09/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Agency***

Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council

20/09/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Agency***

Mr. Eddie Sheehy County Manager Wicklow County Council

20/09/2012

Nil

No

Local Government Management Agency***

Mr. John Tierney City Manager Dublin City Council

20/09/2012

Nil

No

National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee

Mr. Tom Coughlan County Manager Clare County Council

21/12/2011

Nil

No

National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee

Ms. Colette Spears

26/06/2012

Nil

No

Private Residential Tenancies Board

Mr. Tim Ryan

17/02/2012

**

Yes

Private Residential Tenancies Board

Ms. Tricia Sheehy Skeffington

17/02/2012

**

Yes

Private Residential Tenancies Board

Ms. Paula O’Reilly (Departmental representative)

22/03/2012

Nil

No

Radiological Protection Institute Ireland

Professor William Reville (Chairperson)

16/01/2012

€11,970.00

Yes

Radiological Protection Institute Ireland

Dr. Paraic James

16/01/2012

€7,695.00

Yes

Radiological Protection Institute Ireland

Dr. Maurice Fitzgerald Dental Council

19/10/2011

€7,695.00

No

Radiological Protection Institute Ireland

Dr. Patricia Cunningham

20/02/2012

Nil

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.

** Those members of the PRTB Board who are entitled to fees are paid such fees on an attendance basis only. Details regarding the scale of fees and the amounts paid are published in the annual reports of the PRTB.

*** The Local Government Management Agency was established on 1st August 2012 which replaces the Local Government Computer Services Board and the Local Government Management Services Board.

Reference to remuneration to chairs and members of Boards is to the level of fee to which they are entitled. Where public servants are appointed to Boards, no fees are payable.

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.

Vacancies on the boards of other bodies under the Department’s aegis will be notified on the website as they arise. However, expressions of interest can be made at any time and will be 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 Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (HSCA) was formally established on 1 August 2012 under the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (Establishment) Order 2012. I am considering the appointment of the Board of the HSCA, and it is anticipated that this process will be concluded in the near future.

The Dormant Accounts Board will be dissolved by the end of 2012 when the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act, 2012 is commenced.

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

- County and City 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.

My Department has put in place procedures whereby the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht will be notified of nominations as Chairperson of State Bodies under the aegis of my Department prior to their appointment.

Chairs of State bodies are in general available to appear before the relevant Oireachtas Committees when so requested.

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