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Appointments to State Boards

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Questions (139, 140, 141)

Michael Ring

Question:

139. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Taoiseach if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised. [19823/21]

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Michael Ring

Question:

140. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Taoiseach if any person can apply for a position (details supplied). [19878/21]

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John McGuinness

Question:

141. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Taoiseach the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he will set out the changes achieved to date on each; and if 50% of the membership of all boards, policy groups or agencies that provide advice to Government on matters of policy will be reserved for appropriately qualified individuals from the private sector in order to achieve a balance between the public and private sectors. [20734/21]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 139, 140 and 141 together.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is an independent Office under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach. The National Statistics Board (NSB) was established under the National Statistics Act 1993 to guide the strategic direction of the Central Statistics Office.

The National Statistics Board, as mandated under Section 18 of the National Statistics Act 1993, has eight members - two are nominees of the Taoiseach, three are nominations by organisations representative of users of national statistics, two are Assistant Secretary grade or higher in the Department of the Taoiseach and Department of Finance, and the Director General of the CSO is a member in an ex officio capacity. Three board members of the NSB are female.

In the case of those members who are nominees of the Taoiseach or of organisations representative of users of national statistics, all vacancies are publicly advertised through PAS and stateboards.ie

All appointments are made in line with the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards.

In addition, although not a Board, four independent members of the National Economic and Social Council were appointed following an assessment process conducted by the Public Appointments Service in line with the Guidelines for appointments to State Boards.

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