Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 November 2014
171. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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 Minister of State was present at each of these meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45471/14]
View answerMy Department's Secretary General, three Assistant Secretaries, Director of Irish, Head of Finance and Head of HR comprise the membership of my Department's Management Advisory Committee (MAC).
The MAC is chaired by the Secretary General and meets regularly, as required. My Department was formally established on 2 June 2011 and its MAC met 13 times in that year, 25 times in 2012, 23 times during 2013 and 23 times to date this year.
Since I took office in July this year, I have met with all MAC members on a regular basis. I also met with the MAC collectively in October and again in November. Both Ministers of State at my Department attended the November meeting. Those meetings were in addition to the MAC meetings referred to above.
