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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Questions (596)

Holly Cairns

Question:

596. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies; the total number of members of each board; the numbers on each board broken down according to gender; and the number of persons with a declared disability on each board in tabular form. [41397/22]

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As Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, I have responsibility for 19 varied and diverse State Boards, including appointments to those Boards.Information in relation to the number of members on each Board and their gender is summarised in the table below. My Department does not record statistics on the number of persons with a declared disability on each board and are therefore not in a position to provide the Deputy with this information.

State Board

No. Positions

No. Female Members

No. Male Members

Total Members

Arts Council

13

7

6

13

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

9

5

3

8

Crawford Art Gallery

12

5

4

9

Fáilte Ireland

13

3

6

9

Foras na Gaeilge

16

8

8

16

Irish Manuscripts Commission

20

11

8

19

Irish Museum of Modern Art

12

4

4

8

National Archives Advisory Council

12

5

7

12

National Concert Hall

9

3

4

7

National Gallery of Ireland

17

5

8

13

National Library of Ireland

12

7

5

12

National Museum of Ireland

16

6

6

12

RTÉ

12

5

7

12

Screen Ireland

7

4

3

7

Sport Ireland

13

6

7

13

TG4

12

3

4

7

Tourism Ireland

12

6

5

11

Údarás Na Gaeltachta

12

5

7

12

Ulster Scots Agency

8

3

5

8

Totals

237

101

107

208

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