Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2014
679. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department held meetings separate to the management advisory committee meetings which were attended by either her or the Minister of State and the management advisory committee; if so, if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of such meetings that occurred in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47857/14]
View answer680. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of management advisory committee meetings which were held for each of the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of management advisory committee meetings that were attended by her, the Minister of State, the political adviser, the Secretary General and all other titles of attendees in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47873/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 679 and 680 together.
As the Deputy has previously been advised, my Department's Secretary General, three Assistant Secretaries, Director of Irish, Head of Finance and Head of HR/Corporate Governance 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 25 times to date this year.
Since I took office in July this year, I have met with all MAC members on a regular basis, as required, and continue to do so. I also met with the MAC collectively in October, November and earlier this month. Both Ministers of State at my Department attended the November and December meetings. My special advisors also attended these collective meetings, which were in addition to the MAC meetings referred to above.
