Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 March 2017
107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of members of the Pyrite Resolution Board who have had their terms of office extended; the number and timescale of those who will have to be replaced having served two terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14682/17]
View answerThe Pyrite Resolution Board, which was first established on an administrative basis in early 2013, was placed on a statutory footing on 10 January 2014 when the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 came into effect. The Board is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the pyrite remediation scheme and is being assisted in this regard by the Housing Agency.
The current membership of the Board is as follows:
- Sean Balfe (Acting Chairperson), (Director of Sustainability and the Built Environment, National Standards Authority of Ireland);
- Alec Flood (Practising Barrister and Chartered Engineer);
- Caroline Gill (Barrister and former Insurance Ombudsman and Deputy Financial Services Ombudsman); and
- Derek Sinnott (Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering and Head of Department of the Built Environment, Waterford Institute of Technology).
Both Mr. Sean Balfe and Ms. Caroline Gill, who served on the Board since its inception in early 2013, were recently re-appointed having indicated that they would be prepared to serve a second term of three years on the Pyrite Resolution Board which will conclude on 9 January 2020.
Mr Derek Sinnott was appointed to the Board on 2 September 2016 for a three year period which will conclude on 1 September 2019, following the normal process under the auspices of the Public Appointments Service (PAS) (State Boards Division) in accordance with the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards (2014). Mr Alec Flood was appointed to the Board on 29 December 2016 for a three year period which will conclude on 28 December 2019, following similar arrangements.
Finally, arrangements are now at an advanced stage to fill the vacancy of chairperson through the PAS State Board appointments process.
