Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 July 2014
353. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of chairpersons appointed to State boards under the aegis of her Department since March 2011 who have appeared before the relevant joint Oireachtas committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32321/14]
View answerThe statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal. None of the chairpersons of the boards of the bodies under the aegis of the Department have appeared before the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection since March 2011.
