Michael McNamara
Question:126. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of bodies to which he has the authority to appoint board members. [7015/14]
View answerWednesday, 12 February 2014
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The bodies under the aegis of my Department, in respect of which I have the authority to appoint board members, are as follows:
An Bord Pleanála
Building Regulations Advisory Body
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Housing Finance Agency
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency
Irish Water Safety
Local Government Management Agency
National Travellers Accommodation Consultative Committee
Private Residential Tenancies Board
Pyrite Resolution Board
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
Western Development Commission
All appointments to the boards of State Bodies are made in accordance with the appropriate legislation governing appointments to each body. In some cases statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Minister or the Government, as appropriate. 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 another Minister.
The directors of the Environmental Protection Agency are appointed by the Government. In addition, although not a State Board in the traditional sense, appointments to the Board of Pobal, a not-for-profit company, fall to be made by the Government, having considered nominees from a range of stakeholders.