Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 November 2014
130. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form, the dates of meetings of her Department's Management Advisory Council in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the civil servants present at each of these meetings; if she or her Department's Minister of State was present at each of these meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45475/14]
View answerMy Department has a Management Advisory Committee (MAC). The MAC, which meets on a weekly basis, is chaired by the Secretary General and is attended by the Department's Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, Chief Inspector and Director. Senior officials also attend as required.When I meet the MAC as a collective, I chair the meeting and such meetings are generally attended by the Minister of State attached to the Department. There is another such meeting taking place this week.I also meet with the Secretary General on a weekly basis and convene regular meetings with senior officials within the Department as the work programme of my Department requires. The attached table details the dates of the meetings of the Department's Management Advisory Committee and those present at the meetings in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
