Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015
268. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who applied for the recently announced appointment at the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; the selection process; his involvement in it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11662/15]
View answerAn open selection process for the recent appointment of a Member of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was undertaken in accordance with the "Guidelines for appointments to state boards" published by the Government in November 2014. The vacancy was advertised on Stateboards.ie and the process was managed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS).
The advertisement, which requested expressions of interest from qualified candidates, attracted six applications. PAS convened an assement panel to examine the applications. The panel recommended to the PAS that four candidates were deemed to meet the published criteria. These were submitted by the PAS for my consideration, following which I appointed Dr Íde Kearney as a Member of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council.
