Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 October 2014
91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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 to 2011 to date in 2014. [37494/14]
View answerI have the authority to appoint Board members to An Post National Lottery and the Public Appointments Service.
The appointments process for the new board of the Public Appointments Service is currently underway. As part of this vacancies have been advertised on the stateboards.ie portal. I expect to make appointments to the board very shortly.
With regard to An Post National Lottery the following is the position. The positions to which Mr. Connell and the An Post nominees, (Mr. Dermot Griffin, Ms. Caroline Murphy and Mr. Peter Quinn) were re-appointed by me as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform were not advertised as under the National Lottery Act 1986, the majority shareholder of the National Lottery Company (i.e. An Post) nominates the persons to fill these positions.
The positions to which Mr. Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh and Mr. Oliver Wilkinson were re-appointed were to be filled by Ministerial nominees. In light of the imminent expiry of the existing licence and the new approach being taken by me with regard to the next licence it was considered prudent to allow for a level of continuity in the Board of the National Lottery Company at that time.
Consequently, I can confirm that no positions on State Boards under the aegis of my Department were filled from the panels created through open application by the Public Appointments Service since 2011 and to date in 2014.
