Since coming to Office, I have made 74 appointments to the Boards of Agencies under my Department’s remit. It should be noted that of these, only 25 of these were new appointments within my discretion. Nineteen appointments were reappointments and the remaining 30 were allocated under legislation to Department Representatives, social partners, nominees of other Ministers, nominees of prescribed bodies and appointments on an Ex Officio basis and were not appropriate, therefore, for public advertisement.
Of the 25 new appointments made at my discretion, 16 were selected from applications from the public.
A total of 25 vacancies on the State Boards under my Department’s remit were publicly advertised.
A breakdown by type of all appointments made by me to the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department since taking office, are listed in the table.
Breakdown of the State Board appointments made since March 2011
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No.
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Reappointments
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19
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Department Representatives
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7
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Nominated by the Social Partners other bodies in accordance with Legislation
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8
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Discretion of Minister – From among individuals who made application
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16
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Discretion of Minister- Other
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9
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Ex Officio
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9
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Staff Representatives
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3
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Merging of Shannon Airport Authority and Shannon Development
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3
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Total
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74
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