Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017
111. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Members who applied for board positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34846/17]
View answerAs previously advised, no former TDs have been appointed to any State Boards under my Department's remit.
In relation to whether any former TD applied for a position on any of my Department's State Boards, my Department has bee advised by the Public Appointment Service (PAS) that all applications submitted to PAS are confidential and used only for the purpose of assessing suitability against the specified criteria when State Board vacancies are advertised. Therefore, the information requested by the Deputy is not available to my Department.
Full statistics on the State Boards process and number of applications are published and available on the stateboards.ie website.
