I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of the 26th November 2014. The position remains the same.
The information requested by the Deputy would require an inordinate time to compile as the number of meetings involved is quite substantial.
The Management Board (MB) of the Department would normally meet every Tuesday morning except for the month of August and over the Christmas/New Year period. It is comprised of the Secretary General and the Assistant Secretaries of the Department, currently 5. Meetings are also attended by the secretary to the MB. The Special Adviser to the Minister and a representative from the Ministers of State Offices would also attend for a standard agenda Item on "Ministerial, Government, and Oireachtas Business". Other departmental civil servants may be asked to attend for agenda items which are of direct relevance to them.
Additionally, the Ministerial Management Board (MMB) would normally convene once a month, again with the exception of August. It comprises the Minister, Ministers of State and the MB. The advisors to Ministers also attend, as does the Secretary to the MB and the Private Secretaries to the Minister and Secretary General. The Financial Report is a standard Agenda Item for every meeting and the Principal Officer of the Department's Finance Division and a number of his staff attend for this Agenda Item. Other civil servants may be asked to attend depending on agenda items.
