Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 October 2014
126. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the percentage of vacant positions on State boards under the aegis of his Department that were filled from the panels created through open application by the Public Appointments Service by year from 2011 to date in 2014. [37484/14]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware, in line with the Government decision of April 2011, new arrangements were put in place for the making of appointments to State Boards and bodies. Following this Government Decision, all vacancies on the boards of State Bodies under the aegis of my Department are advertised on my Department's website and I have invited expressions of interest from persons interested in being appointed to the boards of State Bodies and Agencies operating under the Department's aegis. The notice indicates the vacancies in the boards of the respective bodies. My officials acknowledge all expressions of interest received and maintain a database of those expressions. My Department’s website is monitored and updated on a regular basis to reflect the number of vacancies as they arise.
48 persons have been appointed to the boards of management of bodies under the aegis of my Department, since its establishment in June 2011. 100% of all appointments to the boards of management of bodies under the aegis of my Department since its establishment in June 2011 have been advertised publicly on my Department's website. Of these, 19% were appointed to the Family Support Agency via the Public Appointments Service (PAS). Expressions of interest for the Board of the Management of the Family Support Agency were also sought via the Public Appointments Service (PAS) who ran a competition for the filling of vacancies on that Board. Following this process, the Minister appointed members to the Board of Management of the Family Support Agency in September 2013.
|
Agency |
Board Membership |
Appointed since June 2011 |
|
Child and Family Agency |
9 |
9* |
|
Adoption Authority |
7 |
2 |
|
Children’s Detention School Board of Management |
13 |
13 |
|
Family Support Agency |
n/a |
23 |
|
National Educational Welfare Board |
n/a |
10 |
*Under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, the Family Support Agency and the National Educational Welfare Board were dissolved and the service provision for these Agencies along with Child and Family Services previously provided by the HSE transferred to the new Agency with effect from 1st January, 2014. The membership of the board of the Family Support Agency was appointed to the board of the new Child and Family Agency on its establishment on January 1st 2014. The Ombudsman for Children's Office does not have a board.
