Appointments to State Boards

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Questions (258)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

258. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4610/16]

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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney)

Since May 2011, a notification was placed on my Department’s website inviting expressions of interest from persons interested in being appointed to the boards of State Bodies under the aegis of my Department. The list of board vacancies was updated on a regular basis. A notification was also placed in National Newspapers. Since the end of November 2014, vacancies on the boards of these State Bodies, other than those which fall to be filled on the basis of nominations from specified organisations, are being advertised on www.stateboards.ie and processed in accordance with the Public Appointments Service (PAS) guidelines.

In the case of the Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board, Bord Bia, Teagasc, National Milk Agency, Veterinary Council of Ireland and Horse Racing Ireland board appointments, while made by me, are not all at my sole discretion in that individuals are nominated for appointment by me as specified in the relevant statute.

The information sought by the Deputy is outlined in the table below as at 29 January 2016:

Non-Commercial Bodies

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board (ALAB)				1
	Brendan Brice	Nomination from prescribed organisation	09/11/2011

	Seán Murphy	Nomination from prescribed organisation	01/01/2013

	Michael Sweeney	Nomination from prescribed organisation	01/01/2013

	Dr. Owen McIntyre	Nomination from prescribed organisation	01/01/2013

	Camilla Keane	Nomination from prescribed organisation	23/02/2012

	Jim Power	Nomination from prescribed organisation	11/04/2013

	Lorcan Ó Cinnéide	Nomination from prescribed organisation	22/10/2013

	Imelda Reynolds	Appointment by the Government under Section 23 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997	01/04/2015

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
Bord Bia				0
	Gary Brown	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	07/10/2011
	Michael Cronin	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	07/10/2011
	John Kingston	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	07/10/2011
	John Bryan	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	24/03/2012
	John Horgan	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	07/12/2012
	John Comer	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	12/04/2013
	Frank Hayes	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	12/04/2013
	Caroline Keeling	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	10/12/2013
	Prof. Fergal O’Gara	Minister’s Consent Nominee of the Min for JEI	30/01/2014
	Michael Carey	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	19/09/2014
	Eddie Downey	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	25/03/2015
	Mary J. Byrne	Minister’s Appointment Bord Bia Act 1994 requires appointment of a DAFM official	28/03/2015
	Rhona Holland	Minister’s Discretion PAS	16/06/2015
	Tom Moran	Minister’s Discretion PAS	16/06/2015
	Rachael Doyle	Minister’s Discretion PAS	16/06/2015
	Patrick. Whelan	Minister’s Discretion PAS	16/06/2015
	Tony Keohane	Minister’s Discretion PAS	16/06/2015

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)				1
	Pádraig Ó Céidigh	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	30/04/2013
	Seán O'Donoghue	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	02/03/2014
	Professor Damien McLoughlin	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	21/03/2014
	Bill Deasy	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	27/05/2014
	Raymond J. Harty	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	09/07/2014
	Kieran Calnan	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	13/06/2015

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
Marine Institute				0
	Paul Hyde	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	01/06/2012
	David Owens	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	04/12/2012
	Professor Patricia C. Barker	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	19/02/2013
	Donal Kelly	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	15/04/2013
	Dr. John Killeen	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	08/01/2014
	Lorcan Ó Cinnéide	Minister’s Discretion PAS	02/12/2015
	Dermot Clohessy	Minister’s Discretion PAS	02/12/2015
	Owen Lewis	Minister’s Discretion PAS	02/12/2015
	Berna Grist	Minister’s Discretion PAS	02/12/2015
	Alan Dobson	Minister’s Discretion PAS	02/12/2015

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
National Milk Agency				0
	Timothy Cashman	Elected to position	23/01/2013
	Jerome Crowley	Elected to position	23/01/2013
	Denis Fagan	Elected to position	23/01/2013
	Eoghan McSweeney	Processor Representative	23/01/2013
	Walter Maloney	Distributor Representative	23/01/2013
	John Foster	Retailer Representative	23/01/2013
	Richard Donohue	Consumer Representative	23/01/2013
	Michael Kilcoyne	Consumer Representative	23/01/2013
	Eamonn McEnteggart	Elected to position	23/02/2013
	Pádraig Mullligan	Elected to position	23/02/2013
	Tony O'Driscoll	Processor Representative	22/10/2013
	Frank Tobin	Processor Representative	22/10/2013
	George Kearns	Processor Representative	23/10/2013
	T.J. Flanagan	Elected to position	01/06/2015
	William Lennon	Elected to position	26/11/2015
	Aidan Casey	Elected to position	26/11/2015

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
*Sea Fisheries Protection Authority				0
	Andrew Kinneen	Recruitment by public competition	01/01/2013
	Dr. Susan Steele Public Service Full-Time Position	Recruitment by public competition	04/03/2013
	Michael O’Mahony Public Service Full-Time Position	Recruitment by public competition Reappointed by the Minister	04/03/2013

*The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority consists of three full-time members, including the Chairperson. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine appoints Members of the Authority to hold office for a period of not less than three years and not more than seven years. Such appointments are made following a public competition. The Minister appoints the Chair from among the three Board members.

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
Teagasc				0
	Thomas Cooke	ICMSA Representative	05/10/2011
	Dr. Karina Pierce	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	09/01/2013
	Tom Tynan	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	09/01/2013
	Brendan Gleeson	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	09/01/2013
	Tim O’Leary	IFA Representative	23/01/2013
	Alan Jagoe	Nominated by Macra na Feirme	15/09/2013
	Pádraig Gibbons	ICOS Representative	15/09/2013
	Professor Gerald Fitzgerald	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	15/09/2013
	Dr. Noel Cawley	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	17/09/2013
	Joseph Larkin	Staff Representative	10/10/2014
	Cliona Murphy	Minister’s Discretion PAS	29/04/2015
	Liam Woulfe	Minister’s Discretion PAS	29/04/2015

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI)				0
	Crionna Creagh	* Ministerial Appointment	27/12/2012
	Martin Blake CVO	Ministerial Appointment with specific criteria for member set out in Veterinary Practice Act 2005 (16.b)	01/01/2014
	Barbara Bent	Ministerial Appointment with specific criteria for member set out in Veterinary Practice Act 2005 (16.c)	01/01/2014
	Dr. Bridget Younge	Nominated by Minister for Education and Skills	01/01/2014
	Professor Grace Mulcahy	Nominated by National University of Ireland (NUI)	01/01/2014
	Professor Stephen Gordon	Nominated by NUI	01/01/2014
	Dr. Margaret O’Sullivan	Nominated by Food Safety Authority of Ireland Representative	01/01/2014
	Morgan G Lyons	Nominated by VCI	01/01/2014
	Michael Sheahan	Nominated by VCI	01/01/2014
	Peadar Ó Scanaill	Nominated by VCI	01/01/2014

	Micheal Sadlier	Nominated by VCI	01/01/2014

	Deirdre Campion	Nominated by VCI	01/01/2014
	Fergus Smith	Nominated by VCI	01/01/2014
	John B Magee	Nominated by VCI	01/01/2014
	Raymond Finn	Nominated by VCI	01/01/2014
	Susie Walton	Nominated by VCI	01/01/2014
	Kevin Twomey	Ministerial Appointment with specific criteria for member set out in Veterinary Practice Act 2005 (16.b)	21/02/2014
	William Cashman	Nominated by VCI	01/04/2014
	Anne Marie Byrne	Nominated by a Prescribed Organisation	22/10/2014
	John O'Rourke	Minister’s Discretion PAS	20/10/2015
	Sinead Boyle	Minister’s Discretion PAS	20/10/2015
	Peter Cusack	Nominated by a Prescribed Organisation	01/01/2016
	James McManus	Nominated by a Prescribed Organisation	01/01/2016

* Appointment made by the Minister in the absence of a nomination from the National Consumer Agency as provided under Section 17(2) of the VPA Act 2005.

Commercial State Bodies

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination under Act	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
Bord na gCon		All appointments to the Bord na gCon Board require the prior consent of Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) & Department of Finance		0
	Phil Meaney	Minister’s Discretion (Appointment of Chair has to be approved by Taoiseach’s Office)	12/04/2011
	Matt Murphy	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	21/12/2015
	Timothy Gilbert	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	02/12/2011
	Tony McNamee	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	02/12/2011
	William O'Dwyer	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	21/12/2015
	Riona Heffernan	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	21/12/2015
	Colm Gaynor	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	28/05/2014
	Brendan Moore	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	02/12/2014
	Frank Nyhan	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	21/12/2015
	Patrick Creed	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	21/12/2015

† When a Board Member’s term of office has expired, the member remains in situ until the Minister decides to re-appoint or replace the member.

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
Coillte		All appointments to the Coillte Board require the prior consent of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform		3
	Oliver McCabe	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	24/10/2011
	David Gunning	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	25/05/2012
	Brendan McKenna	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	08/10/2012
	Julie Murphy O Connor	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	24/06/2013
	John Moloney (Chair)	Nominated by Minister to serve as Chairperson	09/10/2013
	Jerry Houlihan	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	01/05/2014
	Roisin Brennan	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	01/05/2014
	Dermot Mulvihill	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	11/07/2014
	Thomas O’Malley	Staff Representative Body	11/07/2014

Table continuing.

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
*Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)*				7
	Neville O’Byrne	Nominated by Racing Regulatory Body (Turf Club)	08/02/2012
	Noel Meade	Nominated by Racehorse Trainers	08/02/2012
	Mary O'Connor	Nominated by Racing Regulatory Body (Turf Club)	08/02/2012
	Joe Keeling	Nominated by Minister’s Discretion (Appointment of Chair has to be approved by Taoiseach’s Office also)	13/03/2013
	Eimear Mulhearn	Nominated by Racehorse Breeders	18/12/2013
	Meta Osborne	Nominated by Racing Regulatory Body (Turf Club)	18/12/2013
	James Gough	Nominated by Racehorse Owners (AIRO)	03/03/2015

A member of the Board of HRI shall not serve for more than two consecutive terms.

Name of State Body/Agency	Names	Appointment/ Nomination	Date of Appointment	Current Vacancies
*Irish National Stud*		All appointments to the Irish National Stud Board require the prior consent of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform		4
	Matt Dempsey	Minister’s Discretion (Appointment of Chair has to be approved by the Taoiseach)	31/02/2013
	Kate Horgan	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	29/10/2013
	John Tuite	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	09/04/2014
	Seamus Boyle	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	09/04/2014
	Mark Weld	Minister’s Discretion Publicly Advertised process	29/10/2014

The Articles of the INS envisage the two longest serving Directors retiring at each AGM. The Minister may decide to re-appoint or replace the retiring Directors. Retiring Directors remain in situ until they are re-appointed or replaced.