Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 December 2014
144. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of his Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that have been made of persons who had not formally applied for consideration of the particular appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46552/14]
View answerMinister of State Kehoe made one appointment to the National Statistics Board (NSB) in 2014 without being advertised publicly. Section 18 of the Statistics Act 1993 provides that one member of the board be "an Assistant Secretary or equivalent or higher grade in the Department of Finance", and, in line with this provision, Mr John McCarthy, Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance, was appointed to the NSB in March 2014.
