Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 May 2012
361 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24244/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraUp to 28 March 2012, the latest date for which information is available, the position is as follows:
|
Agency / Board |
Name of Appointee(Chairperson highlighted) |
Position advertised |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson) |
Yes |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Ms Mary MacMahon |
No |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Mr. Conall Boland |
No |
|
Building Regulation Advisory Board |
Mr. Aidan O’Connor (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
Building Regulation Advisory Board |
Mr. Paul Kelly |
No |
|
Building Regulation Advisory Board |
Mr. Conor Taaffe |
No |
|
Dormant Accounts Board |
Mr. Michael Morley (Chairperson) |
No (reappointed) |
|
Dormant Accounts Board |
Mr. Des Gunning |
No (reappointed) |
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
Ms Laura Burke (Director General) |
Yes |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Dr. Michelle Norris (Chairperson) |
Yes |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. John Hogan (Department of Finance nominee) |
No |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Phillip Nugent (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Colm Brophy |
Yes |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Michael Murray |
Yes |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Padraic Cafferty |
Yes |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Dr. Mary Lee Rhodes |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Ms Breda Collins (Chairperson) |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. John Considine |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Michael Cuddihy |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Tom Doyle |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Brendan McGrath |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Paul Murphy |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Seamus O’Neill |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Martin O’Sullivan |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Ms Anne Ryan |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Ms Lola O’Sullivan |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Christy McDonagh |
Yes |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Tim O’Sullivan (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Rich Howlin (Chairperson) |
No |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. John O’Connor |
No |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Eddie Lewis (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Ms Marie McLaughlin (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Representative) |
No |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Peter Carey County Manager Laois County Council |
No |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Ms Ann McGuinness Westmeath County Council |
No |
|
Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council |
No |
|
Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council |
No |
|
Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Enda Holland (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Representative) |
No |
|
Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council |
No |
|
Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Donal Enright (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council |
No |
|
Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee |
Mr. Tom Coughlan County Manager Clare County Council |
No |
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board |
Mr.Tim Ryan |
Yes |
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board |
Ms Tricia Sheehy Skeffington |
Yes |
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board |
Ms Paula O’Reilly (Departmental representative) |
No |
|
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Professor William Reville (Chairperson) Professor of Biochemistry UCC (Retired) |
Yes |
|
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Dr. Paraic James Senior Lecturer, DCU |
Yes |
|
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Dr. Maurice Fitzgerald Dental Council |
No |
|
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Dr. Patricia Cunningham Consultant Radiologist |
No |
A notice was placed on my Department's website on 19 July, 2011 seeking expressions of interest, from suitably qualified and experienced persons, for consideration as members or chairpersons of the boards of State bodies under the aegis of my Department. The notice is updated regularly as specific vacancies arise. However, expressions of interest can be made at any time and will be kept on file in my Department for consideration as vacancies occur. All appointments are made in accordance with the appropriate legislation governing appointments to each body. In considering applications due regard is had to Government policy regarding gender balance on State Boards.
A number of different statutory processes are involved in appointments to State boards. In some cases statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Government or by the Minister. In a number of situations, only some appointments to the body concerned are made by the Minister, or appointments are made with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
The Boards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and An Bord Pleanála 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 following competitions held by the Public Appointments Service. The Chair of the Board for the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (HSCA) has been re-appointed on an interim basis pending enactment of legislation in respect of the HSCA.
The following members were appointed to the Board of Pobal, a not for profit company under the aegis of my Department, by Government:
Mr. Séamus Boland (Chair).
Mr. Thomas Maguire.
Mr. Liam Keane.
Ms Siobhan McLoughlin.
Ms Jennifer McHugh.
Mrs. Mari Hurley.
Article 3 of the Articles of Association of Pobal requires the Minister to consider nominations received from a list of stakeholders and the Social Partners defined by Government in 2005. The list comprises:
National Social Partners
Social Partners party to the Sustaining Progress Agreement; and Stakeholders,
Area and Community Partnership,
County Childcare Committees, and
City and County Managers Association.
A consultation process was conducted in June/July 2011 and 22 nominations received from the Stakeholders and the National Social Partners were considered in bringing forward proposals to Government for the appointments to the vacant positions on the board.
