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Thursday, 17 December 2015

Questions (171)

Robert Troy

Question:

171. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the number of appointments to State boards under the aegis of his Department and the number of appointments that have been advertised on his Department’s website since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46254/15]

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Minister for Finance

In response to the Deputy's query in relation to the the number of appointments to State Boards under the aegis of my Department and the number of appointments that have been advertised on the Department s website, since March 2011, please find details in tabular form.

I, and my Department are cognisant of the need to adhere to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards introduced in late 2014.

Board	Number of Appointments in 2011	Number of Appointments in 2012	Number of Appointments in 2013	Number of Appointments in 2014	Number of Appointments in 2015	Number of appointments advertised on DoF website
Central Bank Commission	1	0	1 re-appointment	1 appointment (filled from advertisement in 2012) 2 re-appointments	1 appointment (incoming Governor appointed on interim basis) 2 re-appointments	An appointment made in 2014 was based on a process advertised on website. 3 press releases on appointments made.
Credit Union Restructuring Board (ReBo)		13				6 (Vacancies for independent members, of which there were 6, were advertised on the websites of the Department of Finance and Public Appointments Service, where expressions of interest were invited from the public)
Financial Services Ombudsman Council	Nil	Nil	6 re-appointments 1 appointment	Nil	7 re-appointments	See note 3 below
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council	5	51	0	0	22	Appointments to the IFAC are made under the Guidelines on Appointments to Stateboards. In line with these guidelines, the vacancies are advertised on the stateboards website
NAMA	-	1	3	2	-	Positions not publicly advertised. Exofficio are not included in this Count
National Treasury Management Agency Members (NTMA Board)	0	0	0	6 (not including ex-officio appointments)	0	6 vacancies were advertised (Only one of these appointments was made on the basis of application process; the Minister made 5 direct appointments to the Board. As this process was well under way when the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform procedures regarding Board appointments was being brought in, these appointments were exempted from that process)
National Treasury Management Agency Members (Advisory Committee)*	0	1 (Secretary General of Department of Finance)	2 (1 reappointment, 1 direct appointment by the Minister)	1 (Secretary General of Department of Finance)	0	0
State Claims Agency Policy Committee*	0	4 (1 reappointment) (1 Department of Health representative)	1 (Department of Health representative replacing predecessor appointed in 2012)		0	2 Vacancies Advertised on Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Website
National Development Finance Agency Board*		4 (1 Reappointment CEO of NDFA to the Board) (Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Appointed)	0	0	0	3 Vacancies advertised on Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Website
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission*	0	1 (reappointment)	0	1 (reappointment)	0	0
Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland				3	94	0 - All vacancies filled in 2015 were advertised on the State Boards website

1The 5 members of the Fiscal Council, including the Chairperson, were appointed on an administrative basis when the Council was established on a non-statutory basis in July 2011. These 5 members were re-appointed in December 2012 when the Council was put on a statutory footing.

22 appointments were made in 2015, 1 to fill a vacancy which resulted from the ending of the term of a Council Member and 1 following the resignation of a further Council Member.

3In view of the short term of the Council and the amalgamation of the Offices of the Pension Ombudsman and the Financial Services Ombudsman which will require the experience of the existing Council to effect, these positions were not advertised. The appointment of an additional person with specific legal qualifications and experience was also required in 2013.

4For the SBCI three of the nine appointments in 2015 were reappointments

*Statutory Instrument 586 of 2014, effective 22 December 2014, reconstituted the Agency and dissolved the NTMA Advisory Committee and the State Claims Policy Committee. An order was signed by the Minister for Finance on 23 January 2015 which dissolved the Board of the National Development Finance Agency. Under transitional provisions, pending the transfer of all NPRF assets and liabilities to the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission will consist of one Member, the Chief Executive of the NTMA.