Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 November 2011
180 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the names of all persons nominated by him or by a Minister of State at his Department to any State appointment since 9 March 2011. [34983/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have made the following appointments since I took office:
|
Agency / Board |
Name of Appointee |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson) |
|
Building Regulation Advisory Board (BRAB) |
Mr. Aidan O’Connor (Departmental Representative) |
|
BRAB |
Mr. Paul Kelly |
|
EPA |
Ms. Laura Burke (Director General) |
|
RPII |
Dr Maurice Fitzgerald, reappointed (nominee of the Dental council) |
The Boards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and An Bord Pleanala are executive in nature and members are employed on a full time salaried basis. The appointments as Chairperson of An Bord Pleanála and Director General of the EPA were made by Government after competitions held by the Public Appointments Service. On 10 November 2011, I nominated Professor William Reville to the position of Chairman of the Board of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland. Before being formally appointed, Professor Reville will appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and Gaeltacht on the 23 November 2011 to discuss the approach which he will take to his role as Chairperson.
The following members were appointed to the Board of Pobal, a not for profit company under the aegis of my Department, by Government on 14 October 2011:
Mr. Séamus Boland (Chair)
Mr. Thomas Maguire
Mr. Liam Keane
Ms. Siobhan McLoughlin
No other persons have been nominated for appointments to state Boards by any Minister at my Department.
