Pat the Cope Gallagher
Ceist:89 Mr. Gallagher (Donegal South-West) asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht the State bodies under the aegis of his Department and the composition and membership of each body. [11916/97]
Written Answers. - Semi-State Bodies..
The composition and current membership of the State bodies under the aegis of my Department are given in the following table. Members are appointed by me in each case except where indicated otherwise.
Table
Bord na Gaeilge
Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (Cathaoirleach)
Caitlín Lough
Fidelma Mullane
Bairbre Uí Mháille
Pádraig de Burca
Pádraig Ó Scannláin
Séamus Ó Tonnaí
Mairéad Ní Dhuinnshléibhe
Liam Ó Maonlaí
Alan Titley
Tadhg Ó hÉalaithe
Seán Ó Fiachra
Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge
Éamon Ó hÓgáin (Cathaoirleach)
Seán de Fréine
Ursula Ní Dhálaigh
Áine Nic Gearailt
Diarmaid Ó Cathasaigh
Rhoda Uí Chonaire
Vivian Uibh Eachach
Broadcasting Complaints Commission (Members appointed by the Government)
Geri Silke (Chair)
Al McDonnell
Liam O'Regan
Cormac Dunne
Martin McHugh
Marie O'Brien
Caroline Crowley
Caretaker Board of the National Museum
Barbara Nugent (Chair)
Seán Cromien
Anne Kelly
John O'Reilly
Una Hughes
John de Courcy-Ireland
Paul Murphy
Julie Godson
Chester Beatty Library
(This Board is largely self-perpetuating. In addition, there is one member nominated by the President, one by the Taoiseach and the Director of the National Library is appointedex-officio.)
Mr. Justice Brian Walsh (Cathaoirleach)
James White
Roger Stalley
Seán Freyne
Pat Donlon*
Sir Mark Cochrane
Joan Duff
Dermot Desmond
Tom Hardiman
*Wasex-officio but now in a personal capacity.
An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Ciarán Benson (Chair)
Pat Murray
Vivienne Roche
Vic Merriman
Aiden O'Carroll
Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy
Jane Dillon-Byrne
Eavan Boland
Ciarán McGonigal
Laura Magahy
Eithne Healy
Proinsias Mac Aonghusa
John Wilson
Terry Prone
Paul McGuinness
Kathleen Watkins
Páraic Breathnach
An Chomhairle Oidhreachta
Freda Rountree (Chair)
Anne Brennan
Emer Colleran
Michael Conroy
Ruth Delany
Jimmy Dunne
Elizabeth Fahy
Orna Hanly
Anna McHugh
An tAth Tomás Ó Caoimh
Peter Pearson
Jim Reynolds
Michael Ryan
Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington
David Slattery
John Waddell
David Leach
An Ceoláras Náisiúnta
Dermot Egan (Chair)
Audrey Corbett
William Dowdall
Pat Heneghan
Fergus Johnston
Aiveen Kearney
Peter McEvoy
John McNally
Marie Louise O'Donnell
Irene Nolan
Joan Parker
Malachy P. Smith
Ann Fuller
Niall Doyle
Joan Hickey
Bord Scannán na hÉireann
Louis Marcus (Chair)
Mary Alleguen
Nuala Moiselle
Ann O'Connell
Morgan O'Sullivan
Irish Manuscripts Commission
Brian Trainer (Cathaoirleach)
Rev. Monsignor Patrick J. Corish
Rev. Francis X. Martin
Brian Ó Cuív
F. J. Byrne
L. M. Cullen
G. J. Hand
D. McCartney
David Craig
Mary Daly
Mary O'Dowd
Anngret Simms
D. W. Harkness
J. F. M. Lydon
G. MacNiocaill
M. Ní Bhrolcháin
M. Mac Conghail
Declan Kiberd
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Maurice Foley (Chair)
Kieran Corcoran
Jim Dorgan
Rita Fagan
Eoghan Harris
Gary Joyce
Gordan Lambert
Brian Maguire
Mike Murphy
Paula Murphy
Brian O'Doherty
Amelia Stein
Lochlann Quinn
Dorothy Walker
Vera Ryan
Independent Radio and Television Commission (Members appointed by the Government)
Niall Stokes (Chair)
Gillian Bowler
Aiden Meade
Mary Ruddy
Eileen Brophy
Kieran Mulvey
Christopher Cooney
Jack Davis
Gerard Danaher
Jude Bowles
National Archives Advisory Council
A new Council will be appointed shortly.
National Gallery of Ireland — Board of Governors and Guardians
(Two members may be nominated by the RHA and five areex-officio— President of RHA, Chairman of Office of Public Works, President of RIA, President of RDS and Vice-President of RDS.)
Carmel Naughton (Chair)
William Finlay
Lord O'Neill
Prof. Gerald Doyle
Maighréad McParland
Ciarán McGonigal
Lady Clementine Beit
Imogen Stuart
Arthur Gibney
Carey Clarke
Barry Murphy
Michael Herity
William Ringrose
Liam Connellan
National Library of Ireland — Council of Trustees (Eight members may be appointed by the RDS)
John A. Scott (Cathaoirleach)
Barry Murphy
John Gray
Loretto Brennan-Glucksman
Ailbhe Smyth
A. G. Hughes
Maura Scannell
Maurice Craig
Martin McCullagh
Denis J. Shelley
Denis Crowley
R. S. McElhinney
National Museum of Ireland and National Botanic Gardens — Board of Visitors (Five members may be nominated by the RDS and five by the RIA.)
Mary Daly
Louis Cullen
F. H. A. Aalen
Patricia Glaser
Brian Coyle
Henry Tierney
Nancy Larchet
Shiela Gallagher
National Theatre Society (One member may be nominated by the Players, one by the General Staff Council, four by the Shareholders and one by the Society of Irish Playwrights. The Chairman is appointed by the Board.)
James Hickey (Chairman)
Gemma Hussey
Deirdre Purcell
Máire Ní Ghráinne
Tony Wakefield
Jennifer Johnston
John Fanning
Conor Skehan
Bernard Farrell
Radio Telefís Éireann Authority (Members appointed by the Government)
Farrel Corcoran (Chair)
William Attley
Garret FitzGerald
Desmond Geraghty
Anne Haslam
Betty Purcell
Bob Quinn
Patricia Redlich
Anne Tannahill
Údarás na Gaeltachta (Seven members are elected by the people of the Gaeltacht)
Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh (Cathaoirleach)
Sorcha Maebh Ní Chonchúir
Pádraig Ó Dochartaigh
Sorcha Ní Dhonnacha
Séamus Mac Ruairí
Bríd Ní Shirín
Dathaí Alcorn
Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh
Tadhg Ó Cuinn
Pól Ó Foighil
Connie Ní Fhatharta
Breandán Mac Gearailt
Mícheál Ó Scanaill