Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 9 Nov 1999

Vol. 510 No. 3

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

Bernard Allen

Ceist:

125 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of appointments to State boards made by him since taking office; if he will give details of each appointment; and the annual payments made to each appointee. [22544/99]

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Andrews)

The following 82 persons have been appointed by me to the boards of State agencies and committees which come under the aegis of this Department. No annual payments are made to the members of these bodies.

Agency for Personal Service OverseasTwo persons have been appointed to the Board of the agency for Personal Service Overseas:

Mr. Aidan Eames

Ms Philomena Murnaghan

National Committee for Development Education (NCDE)Twenty one persons have been appointed to the National Committee for Development Education, including replacement members.

Ms Mairead Foley (Chairperson)

Ms Philomena Murnaghan

Mr. Sean McNamara

Ms Cris Mulvey (replaced by Ms Berni Brady, subsequently replaced by Ms Fiona McCauley)

Ms Penny Cabot

Mr. Kevin Kelly ( replaced by Ms Deirdre Farrell)

Mr. John Lynch

Mr. David Joyce

Mr. Michael O'Sullivan

Mr. John Hammond

Ms Heike Vornhagen (replaced by Ms Lucy Whittle)

Ms Bet Aalen

Ms Annette Honan

Dr. Colm Regan

Ms Freda Swords

Mr. Paddy Reilly

Mr. John Healy

Refugee AgencyFifteen members have been appointed to the Board of the Refugee Agency.

Mr. Paddy Dillon-Malone (Chairperson)

Ms Noreen O'Sullivan

Mr. Jim Mitchell

Ms Mary Aylward

Ms Mary Lally

Mr. Sean McGabhann

Mr. Jack Killane

Mr. Brian McCabe

Mr. Michael Lindenbauer

Ms Sheila Callan

Ms Nadette Foley

Dr. Wendy Cox

Sr. Phil Sinnott

Rev. Dermot Clifford

Col. J. Croke

Irish Aid Advisory Committee:Sixteen members have been appointed to the Irish Aid Advisory Board including two replacement members.

Professor John Jackson (Chairperson)

Ms Mary Ainscough

Dr. Margot Anglim

Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll

Prof. Helen O'Neill

Mr. Sean Donnelly (replaced by Fr. Paddy Monahan)

Mr. Terence McCaughey

Mr. Bill Shipsey (replaced by Mr. Malachy Prunty)

Mr. Jim Scally (resigned January 1999)

Mr. Sean Byrne

Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald

Mr. Tony Fahey

Mr. Noel McDonagh

Mr. Niall Tobin

Cultural Relations CommitteeThe members of the current Committee, which I have appointed for three years until 31 December 2000, are:

Ms Ann Fuller (Chairman)

Ms Siobhan Bourke

Ms Maureen Brennan

Ms Maureen Cairnduff

Ms Audrey Conlon

Mr. Desmond Egan

Mr. James Hanley

Ms Marie Heaney

Mr. T.V. Honan

Ms Fionnuala Hunt

Mr. Reamonn Keary

Mr. John Kelly

Mr. Declan Kiberd

Ms Jackie McKenna

Ms Bernadette Madden

Mr. Patrick Mason

Mr. Chris Meehan

Mr. Peter Murray

Mr. Eamonn Ó hArgáin

Ms Patricia Quinn

Mr. Alan Stanford

Mr. Mick Wilkins, Mr. Alf Mac Lochlainn, and Mr. Paul Brady have resigned from the Committee.

Ireland United-States Commission for Educational ExchangeI appointed four of the eight members of the current commission for the two-year period ending August 2000. They are:

Ms Ann Fuller

Mr. Maurice Bric

Ms Helena Carty

Mr. Mark Ryan

The other four members of the commission were appointed by the US Ambassador to Ireland.