Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 September 2013
26. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the chairperson designate of the child and family agency, Ms Norah Gibbons, will take up her post; when the number and make-up of the new board will be confirmed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38767/13]
View answerFormal appointments to the Board of the Family Support Agency will be confirmed in the immediate future. Pending the establishment of the Child and Family Agency, the existing statutory functions of the Board of the Family Support Agency will remain in place and require to be discharged. The Family Support Agency Board will also be asked to provide, on an administrative basis, oversight of the preparations for the new Agency, pending its establishment, and guide the transition of the FSA into the new organisational and governance arrangements. The passage of the Child and Family Agency Bill will resume in early October and following its enactment I will be in a position to formalise appointments to the Board of the new Agency.
