Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 April 2016
202. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Defence the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or by him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by agency and by regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7475/16]
View answerThe only State body currently under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board. The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927 and is based in St. Bricin’s Military Hospital in Dublin.
The position of Army Medical Corps ordinary member of the Army Pensions Board became temporarily vacant in September 2015 due to the deployment overseas of the serving member Commandant Adam Lagun. On the recommendation of the Chief of Staff, I appointed Commandant Zdenek Osecky, Army Medical Corps to be an ordinary member of the Army Pensions Board from 10 September 2015 until 30 June 2016 inclusive, to cover this temporary vacant position.
I have not made any appointments to the Army Pensions Board from 1 January 2016 to date.
Members of the Defence Forces may from time to time be assigned to different locations across the country. For security reasons it is not proposed to highlight the location in which individual members are assigned.
