State Bodies

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Questions (202)

Barry Cowen

Question:

202. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the number of appointments to State boards; the number of vacancies in State boards ; the number of vacancies in State boards publically advertised; and the number of appointments to State boards drawn directly from the public advertisement process, in period March 2011 to 2015 to date. [23591/15]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection

The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a Board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal.

Details relating to the Boards, as requested by the Deputy, are outlined in the following table.

Agency/Board	Number of appointments made since March 2011 to date	Number of vacancies since March 2011 to date	Number of vacancies publically advertised since March 2011 to date	Number of appointments drawn directly from the public advertisement process since March 2011 to date
Citizens Information Board	9	17 (currently 8)	3	1
Pensions Authority, established March 2014 (formerly the Pensions Board).	3	Nil	Nil	Nil
Pensions Council – established February 2015.	12	Nil	Nil	7
Social Welfare Tribunal	5	5	0	0