Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 December 2015
94. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of chairpersons appointed to State boards under the aegis of her Department who have appeared before the relevant joint Oireachtas committee since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46275/15]
View answerThe statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority (established in March 2014 and formerly known as the Pensions Board), the Pensions Council (established in February 2015), the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal.
I appointed Ms Ita Mangan as chairperson of the Citizens Information Board in June 2015. Ms Mangan appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection on 10th June 2015.
In the period since March 2011 the chairpersons of the Pensions Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council or the Social Welfare Tribunal have not appeared before the relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee.
