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Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 December 2016

Friday, 16 December 2016

Questions (171)

Dara Calleary

Question:

171. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40725/16]

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Information on the gender balance on the boards of each of the State agencies under the aegis of my Department is included in the attached table. Comprehensive information on board appointments to agencies under the remit of my Department can also be downloaded from my Department’s website http://www.education.ie.

Board Membership of aegis bodies as of 13 December 2016

Board

No of board places

Male

Female

No of vacancies

Women as % of total members

An Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaiochta

12

6

6

50

Commission into Child Abuse

5

2

3

60

Educational Research Centre

5

3

2

40

Grangegorman Development Agency Board

15

9

6

40

Higher Education Authority

19

10

9

47

Irish Research Council

12

6

6

50

National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE)

13

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)

25

10

15

60

National Council For Special Education (NCSE)

13

6

7

54

Léargas

9

6

3

33

Quality & Qualifications Ireland (QQI)

10

5

5

50

Residential Institutions Redress Board

11

5

6

55

Residential Institutions Review Committee

6

5

1

17

Caranua (Residential Institutions Statutory Fund)

9

5

4

44

Skillnets Limited

13

9

4

31

SOLAS (An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna)

13

7

4

2

36

State Examinations Commission (SEC)

5

3

2

40

The Teaching Council

36

21

15

42

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