Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 December 2020
31. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42476/20]
View answerDetails of the State Boards that fall under the remit of my Department, including details on board appointments and board vacancies, are available on the StateBoards.ie website. The information requested by the Deputy in regard to the current composition of these boards, disaggregated by appointments through PAS or Ministerial appointment, is set out below.
As the Deputy will be aware, individuals may be nominated for appointment by various organisations arising from terms in the relevant legislation regarding the Body concerned, and accordingly Ministerial board appointments are not in all cases made at my discretion.
The process for selection of Ministerial appointees to boards of Agencies is managed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) in accordance with the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The Deputy will also be aware that as Minister I am responsible for the final appointment of any representative that goes through a PAS process.
|
Agency |
Number of Board Members |
Appointments through PAS |
Ministerial appointments |
Nominated for appointment by the Minister |
|
EI |
12 |
5 |
5* |
2 |
|
HSA |
12 |
5 |
1* |
6 |
|
IDA |
12 |
8 |
3* |
1 |
|
IAASA |
9 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
NSAI |
12 |
8 |
1* |
3 |
|
PIAB |
10 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
SFI |
12 |
6 |
4* |
2 |
|
WRC |
9 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
*This number includes the Departmental representative
