Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 December 2016
199. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the total number of members of each board; the number of women on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of women. [39347/16]
View answerSection 16 of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards states that compliance with the Government Decision of 23 July 2014 on Gender Balance on State Boards is an essential requirement for all State Boards. This requirement is for a minimum of 40% of both men and women appointed as Ministerial representatives to all State Boards. My Department in conjunction with the Public Appointments Service (PAS) currently seeks expressions of interest for membership of boards as vacancies arise, where I, as Minister for Health, have nominating rights under relevant legislation. In considering applications made through PAS due regard is given to Government policy on gender balance on State Boards.
I also appoint members on the nomination of various bodies, again in accordance with the relevant legislation. The external body is requested, where practical, to nominate both a male and female nominee. In so far as possible when making appointments to State Boards, I endeavour to ensure an appropriate balance between men and women.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table.
|
Board |
Total Serving Membership |
Women |
% Of Total |
|
Beaumont Hospital Board |
11 |
6 |
55% |
|
Consultative Council on Hepatitis C |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
Dental Council |
19 |
5 |
26% |
|
Dietitians Registration Board |
10 |
6 |
60% |
|
Dublin Dental Hospital Board |
12 |
6 |
50% |
|
Food Safety Authority Of Ireland |
10 |
4 |
40% |
|
Health and Social Care Professionals Council |
23 |
12 |
52% |
|
Health Information and Quality Authority |
12 |
8 |
67% |
|
Health Insurance Authority |
5 |
2 |
40% |
|
Health Products Regulatory Authority (Formerly IMB) |
9 |
4 |
44% |
|
Health Research Board |
10 |
3 |
30% |
|
Irish Blood Transfusion Service |
12 |
6 |
50% |
|
Leopardstown Park Hospital Board |
7 |
4 |
57% |
|
Medical Council |
25 |
12 |
48% |
|
Medical Scientists Registration Board |
12 |
8 |
67% |
|
Mental Health Commission |
13 |
8 |
62% |
|
National Cancer Registry Board |
7 |
4 |
57% |
|
National Haemophilia Council |
11 |
6 |
55% |
|
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board |
12 |
3 |
25% |
|
National Treatment Purchase Fund Board |
9 |
3 |
33% |
|
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
22 |
11 |
50% |
|
Occupational Therapists Registration Board |
9 |
6 |
67% |
|
Optical Registration Board |
12 |
5 |
42% |
|
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Council |
21 |
10 |
48% |
|
Physiotherapists Registration Board |
10 |
6 |
60% |
|
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council |
9 |
2 |
22% |
|
Radiographers Registration Board |
13 |
10 |
77% |
|
Social Care Workers Registration Board |
13 |
4 |
31% |
|
Social Worker's Registration Board |
11 |
5 |
46% |
|
Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board |
9 |
8 |
89% |
|
St. James's Hospital Board |
11 |
3 |
27% |
|
Tallaght Hospital Board |
11 |
4 |
36% |
|
Voluntary Health Insurance Board |
11 |
3 |
27% |
|
Total |
391 |
187 |
48% |
In relation to the Consultative Council on Hepatitis C and the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council I hope to be in a position to proceed to make appointments in the coming weeks.
