Departmental Agencies Board Appointments

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Questions (393)

Sandra McLellan

Question:

393. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding his advertisement on 4 June 2013, seeking board members for the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Chester Beatty Library, the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, the Arts Council, the Irish Architectural Archive and Archbishop Marsh’s Library; the process by which he intends to appoint persons to these positions; the measures he will take to ensure that the persons taking up those positions will have the appropriate qualifications and experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36409/13]

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Written answers

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Expressions of Interest for appointments to the Boards of the various institutions set out above were recently sought by my Department. The deadline for receipt of such expressions was 21 June 2013. The purpose of this process is to widen the pool of suitable candidates to fill the board vacancies in these institutions as they arise. My Department will now assess these applications and make recommendations to me, taking account of the requirements of the various institutions involved. I will then make appointments to fill the board vacancies that currently exist, bearing in mind the signalled reduction in board memberships announced last October.