Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2022
221. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or another Department require that a voluntary or non-executive director of any charitable organisation or company whose term of service is in excess of nine years is mandated or required to step down as a condition of maintenance or receipt of public funds. [13030/22]
View answerMy Department has no such requirement in place for bodies that receive funding from my Department.
More generally, as the Deputy may be aware, the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016 sets out certain requirements in respect of board terms, specifically:-
- No member of a State board should serve more than two full terms of appointment on that board or should hold appointments to more than two State Boards at the same time.
- The term of board appointments should vary to between three and five years and may be renewed for a further term, to a maximum of eight years in total.
- Ministerial approval is required if it is decided that a board member should serve a further additional board term or that renewal of appointment would bring the total period of service to above eight years.
