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Departmental Appointments.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 January 2006

Wednesday, 25 January 2006

Ceisteanna (134, 135)

Dan Boyle

Ceist:

234 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1183/06]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Dan Boyle

Ceist:

235 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach the number of public appointments currently vacant and yet to be made by his Department. [1184/06]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together.

The public appointments made by my Department since 1997 are detailed in the following tables. Table 1 gives the appointments up to June 2002 and Table 2 gives the appointments since that date. There are no current vacancies.

Table 1 — Appointments made between 1997 and June 2002

State Board/Agency

Name of Appointee

Date of Appointment

Information Society Commission

Chairman

Dr. Danny O’Hare

27/11/01

Claire Cunningham

27/11/01

Dr. Chris Coughlan

27/11/01

Michael Byrne

27/11/01

Jerry Shanahan

27/11/01

Karen Hynes

27/11/01

Colm Reilly

27/11/01

Inez Bailey

27/11/01

Dr. Eamonn Conway

27/11/01

Robert Johnston

27/11/01

Clodagh O’Donnell

27/11/01

Dee Cari

27/11/01

Marion O’Neill

27/11/01

Dr. Patricia O’Hara

27/11/01

Christopher Took

27/11/01

Charles Stanley-Smith

27/11/01

Brian Lennon

27/11/01

Donal Toolan

27/11/01

Kathryn Raleigh

27/11/01

Joe Horan

27/11/01

Peter Ryan

27/11/01

National Statistics Board

Professor Frances Ruane

July 1999, August 2001

Mr. David Doyle

January 1998

Mr. Dermot McCarthy

July 1999

Mr. Cathal O’Loghlin

January 1999, July 1999, August 2001

Mr. Frank Cunneen

July 1999, August 2001

Mr. Ciaran Dolan

July 1999, August 2001

Ms Paula Carey

July 1999, August 2001

Mr. Steve Couldwell

January 1998

Ms Marian Harkin

July 1999, August 2001

Ms Mary Doyle

January 2001, August 2001

Ms Helen Nic Fhlannchadha

March 2002

Law Reform Commission

The Hon. Mr. Justice Vivian Lavan

27 July 1998 — retired February 2000

President

The Hon. Mr. Justice Declan Budd

22 February 2000

Commissioner (Full-time)

Patricia T. Rickard-Clarke,

1 October 2001

Commissioner (Part-time)

Dr. Hilary A. Delaney, B.L.

15 April 1997. Reappointed 15 April, 2002

Commissioner (Part-time)

Professor Finbarr McAuley, B.C.L., LLB, MPhil, LLD,

1 September 1999

Commissioner (Part-Time)

Marian Shanley

Appointed 13 November 2001

National Economic and Social Council

Chairperson

Dermot McCarthy

November 1998

Deputy Chairperson

Mary Doyle

November 1998

Trade Union Pillar Nominees

Dave Begg

November 1998

Peter McLoone

November 1998

Manus O’Riordan

November 1998

Joan Carmichael

November 1998

Des Geraghty

November 1998

Business and Employer or Organisation Pillar Nominees

Turlough O’Sullivan

November 1998

Brian Geoghegan

November 1998

John Dunne

November 1998

Liam Kelleher

November 1998

Brendan Butler

November 1998

Agricultural and Farming Organisation Pillar Nominees

Seamus O’Donohue

November 1998

Ciaran Dolan

November 1998

Michael Berkery

November 1998

Con Lucey

November 1998

Damian McDonald

November 1998

Community and Voluntary Pillar Nominees

Fr. Sean Healy

November 1998

Siobhan O’Donoghue

November 1998

Orla O’Connor

November 1998

Donal Geoghegan

November 1998

Dan Boyle

November 1998

Noeleen Hartigan

November 1998

Government Department Nominees

Tom Considine

November 1998

Paul Haran

November 1998

John Hynes

November 1998

Brendan Tuohy

November 1998

John Fitzgerald

November 1998

John Hurley

November 1998

Eddie Sullivan

November 1998

Independent Nominees

Jim Walsh

November 1998

John Fitzgerald

November 1998

Geraldine McAteer

November 1998

David Finn

November 1998

National Centre for Partnership and Performance

Executive Chairperson

Mr. Peter Cassells

Appointed July 2001 and resigned 29 April 2004.

Government Departments

Mr. Philip Kelly, Asst. Secretary, Deputy Chairperson

October 2001

Mr. Ciaran Connolly, Asst. Secretary

October 2001

Mr. Maurice Cashell

October 2001

Mr. John Walsh, Asst. Secretary

June 2002 — replaced Mr. Maurice Cashell

Ms Sylda Langford, Asst. Secretary

October 2001

Employers

Mr. Brendan McGinty

October 2001

Mr. Liam Doherty

October 2001

Ms Marie Moynihan

October 2001

Mr. Terry McEvoy

October 2001

Trade Unions

Mr. Tom Wall

October 2001

Mr. Jack O’Connor

October 2001

Ms. Marie Levis

October 2001

Mr. John Tierney

October 2001

Independent Members

Prof. Bill Roche

October 2001

Dr. Sheelah Ryan

October 2001

Mr. Seamus O’Brien

October 2001

Prof. Kathy Monks

October 2001

National Economic & Social Forum

Full Membership 1998

Independent Chairperson

Ms Maureen Gaffney

October 1998

Deputy Chairperson

Mr. Dermot McCarthy

October 1998

Independent Appointments

Prof. Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh

October 1998

Ms Marian Vickers

October 1998

Ms Helen Johnston

October 1998

Mr. Niall Fitzduff

October 1998

Ms Noreen Kearney

October 1998

Strand (i) Oireachtas

Deputy Gerry Reynolds

October 1998

Deputy Paul McGrath

October 1998

Deputy Bill Timmins

October 1998

Deputy Mary Jackman

October 1998

Senator Therese Ridge

October 1998

Deputy Derek McDowell

October 1998

Senator Joe Costello

October 1998

Deputy Michael Lowry

October 1998

Deputy Noel Ahern

October 1998

Deputy Sean Haughey

October 1998

Deputy Beverly Cooper-Flynn

October 1998

Deputy Michael Kitt

October 1998

Senator Helen Keogh

October 1998

Senator Margaret Cox

October 1998

Senator Pascal Mooney

October 1998

Strand (ii) Employer/Trade Unions

Employers/Business

Mr. Brian Geoghegan

October 1998

Ms Aileen O’Donoghue

October 1998

Ms Lilian O’Carroll

October 1998

Ms Mirette Corboy

October 1998

Ms Alison Begas

October 1998

Farming

Ms Eileen Doyle

October 1998

Mr. John Dillon

October 1998

Ms Mary Coleman

October 1998

Mr. Pat O’Rourke

October 1998

Ms Eva Coyle

October 1998

Trade Unions

Mr. Eamon Devoy

October 1998

Mr. Blair Horan

October 1998

Mr. John Tierney

October 1998

Mr. Manus O’Riordan

October 1998

Ms Rosaleen Glacken

October 1998

Strand (iii) Community and Voluntary

Women’s Organisations

Ms Susan McNaughton

October 1998

Ms Grainne Healy

October 1998

Ms Ursula Barry

October 1998

Unemployed

Ms Joan Condon

October 1998

Ms Mary Murphy

October 1998

Mr. Mike Allen

October 1998

Disadvantaged

Mr. Chris McInerney

October 1998

Ms Janice Ransom

October 1998

Mr. Joe Gallagher

October 1998

Youth

Mr. Gearóid Ó Maolmhichíl

October 1998

The Elderly

Mr. Paddy Donegan

October 1998

Disability Interests

Mr. Roger Acton

October 1998

Environment

Ms Jeanne Meldon

October 1998

Others

Fr. Sean Healy

October 1998

Mr. Liam O’Dwyer

October 1998

Strand (iv) Central Government, Local Government and Independents

Local Government

Councillor Constance Hanniffy

October 1998

Councillor Tom Kelleher

October 1998

Councillor Enda Nolan

October 1998

Councillor Tadgh Curtis

October 1998

Mr. D. O’Donoghue

October 1998

Government Departments

Department of Finance

October 1998

Mr. Paul Haran

October 1998

Mr. Eddie Sullivan

October 1998

Ms Margaret Hayes

October 1998

Mr. Jimmy Farrelly

October 1998

Independents

Prof. Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh

October 1998

Ms Marian Vickers

October 1998

Ms Helen Johnston

October 1998

Mr. Niall Fitzduff

October 1998

Ms Noreen Kearney

October 1998

The National Economic and Social Forum was reconstituted in 1998.

Table 2: Appointments made since June 2002.

State Board/Agency

Name

Organisation

Date of Appointment

National Statistics Board

Mr. Frank Cunneen

Health and Safety Authority

February 2004

Mr. Ciaran Dolan

ICMSA

February 2004

Ms Paula Carey

ICTU

February 2004

Ms Marian Harkin

Teacher

August 2001

Ms Mary Doyle

Department of the Taoiseach

February 2004

Professor Brendan Walsh

University College Dublin

February 2004

Dr. Pat O’Hara

Western Development Commission

February 2004

Mr. Derek Moran

Department of Finance

July 2003, February 2004

Law Reform Commission

Commissioner (Full-time)

Patricia T. Rickard-Clarke,

Solicitor

Reappointed 30 September 2004

Commissioner (Part-time)

Professor Finbar McAuley, B.C.L., LLB, MPhil, LLD,

Jean Monnet Professor of European Criminal Justice, UCD

Reappointed 1 September 2004

President

Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness

Judge of the Supreme Court

22 February 2005 replaced Hon. Mr. Justice Declan Budd

Marian Shanley

Solicitor

Re-appointed 12 November 2004

National Economic and Social Council

Chairperson

Dermot McCarthy

Secretary General, Department of the Taoiseach

September 2003

Deputy Chairperson

Mary Doyle

Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach

September 2003

Trade Union Pillar Nominees

Dave Begg

General Secretary, ICTU

September 2003

Peter McLoone

General Secretary, IMPACT

September 2003

Manus O’Riordan

SIPTU

September 2003

Joan Carmichael

ICTU

September 2003

Jack O’Connor

SIPTU

September 2003

Sally Ann Kinahan

ICTU

January 2004 (replaced Joan Carmichael)

Business and Employer or Organisation Pillar Nominees

Brian Geoghegan

IBEC

September 2003

John Dunne

CCI

September 2003

Liam Kelleher

CIF

September 2003

Brendan Butler

IBEC

September 2003

Aileen O’Donoghue

IBEC

September 2003

Danny McCoy

IBEC

October 2005

Agricultural and Farming Organisation Pillar Nominees

Seamus O’Donohue

Irish Co-operative Organisation Society

September 2003

Ciaran Dolan

ICMSA

September 2003

Michael Berkery

General Secretary, IFA

September 2003

Con Lucey

Chief Economist, IFA

September 2003

Damian McDonald

Macra na Feirme

September 2003

Community and Voluntary Pillar Nominees

Fr. Sean Healy

CORI

September 2003

Donal Geoghegan

National Youth Council

September 2003

Deirdre Garvey

The Wheel

September 2003

John Mark McCafferty

Saint Vincent de Paul

September 2003

John Dolan

Disability Federation of Ireland

September 2003

Government Department Nominees

Tom Considine

Secretary General Department of Finance

September 2003

Sean Gorman

Secretary General Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Replaced Paul Haran

John Hynes

Secretary General, Department of Social and Family Affairs

September 2003

Brendan Tuohy

Secretary General, Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources

September 2003

Niall Callan

Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

September 2003

Independent Nominees

John Fitzgerald

ESRI

September 2003

Colin Hunt

Goodbody Stockbrokers

September 2003

Brigid Laffan

UCD

Eithne McLaughlin

Queens University

September 2003

Peter Bacon

Economic Consultant

September 2003

Dr. Sean Barrett

Economic Consultant

January 2005, replaced Colin Hunt

I appointed a new council of the NCPP on Tuesday, 24 January 2006

State Board/Agency

Name

Organisation

Date of Appointment

National Centre for Partnership and Performance

Executive Chairperson

Mr. Peter Cassells

7 November 2005

Deputy Chairperson

Mr. Philip Kelly

Department of the Taoiseach

24 January 2006

Mr. Ciaran Connolly

Department of Finance

24 January 2006

Mr. John Walsh

Dept of Enterprise, Trade & Employment

24 January 2006

Mr. Brendan McGinty

IBEC

24 January 2006

Mr. Liam Doherty

IBEC

24 January 2006

Mr. Eddie Keenan

CIF

24 January 2006

Ms Irene Canavan

Arnotts

24 January 2006

Mr. Fergus Whelan

ICTU

24 January 2006

Mr. Jerry Shanahan

AMICUS

24 January 2006

Ms Catherine Byrne

INTO

24 January 2006

Mr. Gerry McCormack

SIPTU

24 January 2006

Prof. Joyce O’Connor

National College of Ireland

24 January 2006

Ms Dorothy Butler Scally

Independent Human Resosurces Consultant

24 January 2006

Dr. Catherine Kavanagh

UCC

24 January 2006

Previous appointments to the NCPP

Government Departments

Mr. John Walsh, Assistant Secretary

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

June 2002 replaced Maurice Cashell

Employers

Mr. Morgan Nolan

Industrial Relations Executive, CIF

January 2004 replaced Terry McEvoy

Trade Unions

Mr. Fergus Whelan

Industrial Officer, ICTU

October 2003 replaced Mr. Tom Wall

Mr. Des Geraghty

Member of Executive Council, ICTU

September 2004 replaced Mr. John Tierney, MSF

Ms Angela Kirk

IMPACT

September 2004 replaced Ms Marie Levis

National Economic and Social Forum

Full Membership 2004

Independent Chairperson

Maureen Gaffney

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Deputy Chairperson

Mary Doyle

Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Independent Appointments

Dr. Mary P. Corcoran

Senior Lecturer, NUI, Maynooth

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Cait Keane

South Dublin County Council

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Dr. Colm Harmon

Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, UCD

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Mr. Brian Nolan

Research Professor, ESRI

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Mr. Paul Tansey

Economist

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Strand (i) Oireachtas

Michael Woods

Fianna Fáil TD

Jan.-Feb. 2004

John Curran

Fianna Fáil TD

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Senator Mary O’Rourke

Fianna Fáil

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Senator Paschal Mooney

Fianna Fáil

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Senator Brendan Daly

Fianna Fáil

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Senator Geraldine Feeney

Fianna Fáil

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Pat Carey

Fianna Fáil TD

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Senator Paul Coghlan

Fine Gael

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Damien English

Fine Gael TD

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Paul Kehoe

Fine Gael TD

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Joan Burton

Labour TD

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Willie Penrose

Labour TD

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Senator Kate Walsh

Progressive Democrats

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Senator Feargal Quinn

Independents

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Jerry Cowley TD

Technical Group

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Strand (ii) Employer/Trade Unions

Employer/Business Organisations

Jackie Harrison

IBEC

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Heidi Lougheed

IBEC

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Patricia Callan

Small Firms Association

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Kevin Gilna

Construction Industry Federation

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Carmel Mulroy

Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Industry/Exporters Association

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Maria Cronin

IBEC

Oct.-Nov. 2004 replaced Jackie Harrison

Sean Murphy

Chamber of Commerce

Replaced Carmel Mulroy

Trade Unions

Eamon Devoy

Technical Engineering and Electrical Union

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Blair Horan

Civil & Public Service Union

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Jerry Shanahan

AMICUS

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Manus O’Riordan

SIPTU

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Paula Carey

ICTU

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Agricultural/Farming Organisations

Mary McGreal

Irish Farmers Association

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Michael Doody

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Mary Johnson

Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Carmel Brennan

Macra na Feirme

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Anne Murray

Irish Country Women’s Association

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Strand (iii) Community & Voluntary Sector

Women’s Organisations

Frances Byrne

National Women’s Council of Ireland

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Joanna McMini

National Women’s Council of Ireland

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Orla O’Connor

Frances Byrne

Replaced Frances Byrne

Unemployed

June Tinsley

INOU

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Patricia Short

ICTU Centres for the Unemployed

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Disadvantaged

Sr. Brigid Reynolds

CORI

Jan.-Feb. 2004

John-Mark McCafferty

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Sharon Keane

Anti-Poverty Networks

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Audrey Deane

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Nov 2004 replaced John-Mark McCafferty

Youth/Children

Malcolm Byrne

NYCI

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Raymond Dooley

Children’s Rights Alliance

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Marie Claire McAleer

NYCI

Replaced Malcolm Byrne

Jillian Van Turnhout

Children’s Rights Alliance

Replaced Raymond Dooley

Older People

Robin Webster

National Council for Aging and Older People/Senior Citizen’s Parliament/Age Action

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Others

Sean Gallagher

The Carers Association

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Seamus Boland

Irish Rural Link

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Fergus O’Ferrall

The Wheel

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Frank Goodwin

Carers Association

Replaced Sean Gallagher

Strand (iv) Central Government, Local Government and Independents

Central Government

Tom Considine

Secretary General, Department of Finance

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Paul Haran

Secretary General, Departmment of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Jan.-Feb. 2004

John Hynes

Secretary General, Department of Social and Family Affairs

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Gerry Kearney

Secretary General, Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Niall Callan

Secretary General, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Local Government

Councillor John Egan

General Council of County Councils

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Councillor Patsy Treanor

General Council of County Councils

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Councillor Constance Hanniffy

General Council of County Councils

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Councillor Patricia McCarthy

Association of Municipal Authorities

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Donal O’Donoghue

County and City Managers Association

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Councillor Ger Barron

General Council of County Councils

Nov. 2004 replaced Cllr. John Egan

Councillor Jack Crowe

General Council of County Councils

Nov. 2004 replaced Patsy Treanor

John Tierney

County and City Managers Association

Nov. 2004 replaced Donal O’Donoghue

Independents

Dr. Colm Harmon

Institute for the Study of Social Change, UCD

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Dr. Mary P. Corcoran

Department of Sociology

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Dr. Brian Nolan

ESRI

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Paul Tansey

Tansey, Webster, Stewart & Company Ltd.

Jan.-Feb. 2004

Cait Keane

South Dublin County Council

Jan.-Feb. 2004

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