Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2016
390. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15722/16]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is provided in the following Table. It may be noted that the National Archives of Ireland has an Advisory Council, rather than a Board. The Public Appointments Service operates a dedicated website, www.stateboards.ie, through which it advertises vacancies on State Boards. Arrangements are currently in train in co-operation with the Public Appointments Service to fill the vacancies listed in the Table, other than in relation to An Foras Teanga.
In the case of appointments to the boards of Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency, being agencies of the North South Implementation Body, An Foras Teanga, these are made by the North South Ministerial Council, arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis by each jurisdiction.
|
Body |
No of Positions |
No of Vacancies |
Date of Vacancies |
|
National Museum of Ireland |
13 to 15 |
13 to 15 |
9 (20/10/15) 6 (19/01/16) |
|
National Gallery of Ireland |
10 |
6 |
1 (07/06/16) 1 (03/03/16) 2 (21/02/15) 1 (07/05/14) 1 (15/02/14) |
|
Crawford Art Gallery |
8 |
7 |
7 (05/12/15) |
|
Arts Council |
13 |
3 |
2 (14/02/16) 1 (21/02/16) |
|
Chester Beatty Library |
10 |
0 |
|
|
Heritage Council |
15 |
14 |
4 (25/01/2013) 4 (31/04/2015) 6 (25/01/2016) |
|
Irish Film Board |
7 |
1 |
1 (26/05/2015) |
|
Irish Manuscripts Commission |
20 |
0 |
|
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art |
12 |
0 |
|
|
National Concert Hall |
9 |
0 |
|
|
National Library of Ireland |
12 |
0 |
|
|
Foras na Gaeilge |
16 |
8* |
1 (6/01/2016) 1 (11/03/2016) 1(20/05/2016) |
|
Ulster-Scots Agency |
8 |
0 |
|
|
Western Development Commission |
8 |
0 |
|
|
National Archives of Ireland Advisory Council |
Max 11 |
8 |
4 (01/05/16) 4 (01/02/16) |
*3 of the vacancies relate to nominations from this jurisdiction.
