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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 25 Jun 1996

Vol. 467 No. 4

Written Answers. - Appointments to State and Semi-State Boards.

Helen Keogh

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294 Ms Keogh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the State and semi-State boards under the aegis of his Department; the appointments, if any, that have been made to these boards in the past year; the number of women who have been appointed by him; and the percentage of women currently on each of these boards. [13458/96]

The following are the State and semi-State boards under the aegis of my Department: Coillte Teoranta; An Bord Bia; Irish Horseracing Authority; Irish National Stud Co. Ltd.; Bord na gCon; Teagasc; An Bord Glas and the National Milk Agency.

I have made appointments to the following boards in the past year:

An Bord Bia

1 June 1995

Dr. Noel Cawley

1 September 1995

Ms Agnes Aylward

16 November 1995

Mr. Philip Lynch(Chairman)

Ms. Mary Quinn

Mr. Tom O'Dwyer

Ms Sara White

Mr. John Donnelly

Irish Horseracing Authority

27 June 1995

Mr. David A. Pim(by nomination)

Bord na gCon

11 December 1995

Mr. Paschal Taggart(Chairman)

21 December 1995

Ms Ann Quinlan

Ms. Ruth Rogers

22 May 1996

Mr. Cathal Curley

Irish National Stud

1 June 1996

Ms Chryss O'Reilly

Mr. John Coughlan

Six of the fourteen appointments made by me were women.
The following table shows the percentage of women currently serving on each board:

Body

Total Membership

Number of Women

% of Women

Coillte Teoranta

9

2

22

An Bord Bia

14

5

36

Irish Horseracing Authority Ø

16

5

31

Irish National Stud

7

3

43

Bord na gCon

7

3

43

Teagasc Ø

11

2

18

An Bord Glas

11

3

27

National Milk Agency #

13

0

Ø Some of these appointments were on foot of nominations by representative organisations.
# All of these appointments were on foot of nominations by representative organisations.
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