Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 June 2013
263. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised; the number of applications to the boards; the number of appointments to the boards that were drawn from the applications; the current number of vacancies on each board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28970/13]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table below.
|
Name of body |
Number of appointments made to State boards since March 2011 |
The number of positions advertised |
The number of applications to the boards |
The number of appointments drawn from the applications |
Current vacancies on each board |
|
Arts Council |
4 |
4 |
100 |
4 |
0 |
|
Heritage Council |
6 |
7 |
79 |
3 |
1 |
|
National Concert Hall |
15 |
15 |
76 |
12 |
0 |
|
National Gallery of Ireland |
1 |
N/A -appointment was underway prior to the introduction of the public application process |
0 |
N/A |
2 |
|
Crawford Art Gallery |
8 (reappointments) |
1 |
8 appointments were reappointments. One position recently advertised, the closing date for receipt of applications is June 21st. |
Position recently advertised, the closing date for receipt of applications is June 21st |
*8 (Government Decision on Public Service Reform has reduced the Board to 9. Pending legislation, there will be no vacancies). |
|
Chester Beatty Library |
1 |
1 |
Position recently advertised, the closing date for receipt of applications is June 21st |
Position recently advertised, the closing date for receipt of applications is June 21st |
1 |
|
National Archives Advisory Council |
4 (reappointments) |
0 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Irish Manuscripts Commission |
19 |
N/A – board members were reappointed in February 2013 pro tem during the public service reform initiative |
0 |
N/A |
0 |
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
11 |
Expressions of Interest were sought in respect of the 7 Ministerial nominees. Under legislation, the other five nominations are made by County Councils which have Gaeltacht areas within their jurisdictions. |
*70 This figure includes 2 applications received directly, 1 by the Department and 1 by Údarás na Gaeltachta |
Although all 11 appointments were made by the Minister, 4 were made on the nomination of county councils, in accordance with the provisions of the Gaeltacht Act 2012 and 4 appointments were made from the applications received through Publicjobs. |
1 |
|
National Library of Ireland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
National Museum of Ireland |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
1 |
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art |
0 |
Expressions of Interest were sought for current and future vacancies in May 2011 Expressions of Interest have again been sought in June 2013 |
69 Closing date for current applications 21st June 2013 |
No appointments have been made to date. |
7 |
|
Irish Film board |
7 |
7 |
95 |
5 |
0 |
For completeness, appointments to the boards of Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency, which comprise An Foras Teanga, a North-South Implementation Body, are made by the North-South Ministerial Council, arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis from each jurisdiction.
