Bernard Allen
Ceist:47 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social Welfare the reason the maximum number of members of the Combat Poverty Agency has been increased from 12 to 16.
Written Answers. - Combat Poverty Agency.
The power, under section 7 of the Combat Poverty Agency Act, 1986, to appoint members of the board of the agency, has been delegated to the Minister of State at my Department who has made a regulation to increase the maximum number of board members from 12 to 16. This is to allow for the appointment of additional members, including a staff representative.
The Minister for State made four appointments to the board on 26 May 1993 as follows: Damien Hannon, Research Professor, ESRI; Fionnuala Richardson, Director, The People's College; Trutz Haase, a member of the Agency's staff nominated by the staff, and Deirdre Frawley, Education Officer with Limerick vocational education committee.