I propose to take Questions Nos. 935 and 939 together.
Officials from my Department are in regular contact with the State bodies and agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group on matters relating to performance, governance and accountability issues. In relation to ensuring that the State boards funded from my Department's Vote Group comprise at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the Programme for Government, my Department has systems in place to monitor progress in this regard and, where issues arise, these are followed up. It may be noted that, in a number of these boards, appointments may be other than by way of Government or Ministerial appointment. For example, appointments may be on foot of nominations by other bodies, or by way of elections, or on an ex officio basis. Clearly, such circumstances can have an influence on the gender balance of the boards in question.
My Department was established on 2 June 2011 and, accordingly, it is not feasible to provide details of board membership for each of the bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group in each of the past ten years. However, the relevant details in relation to the current membership of the boards of those bodies are set out in the following tables.
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Name of Body/Agency
|
Board membership as at 14/9/12
|
Number of members
|
Number of women
|
Number of men
|
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta
|
Appointed members:
Liam Ó Cuinneagáin (Chairman)
Cathy Ní Ghoill
Treasa Uí Lorcáin
Elected members:
Brian Ó Domhnaill
Connie Ní Fhatharta
Fiachra Ó Céilleachair
Ian Mac Aindriú
Seán Ó Tuairisg
Micheál Ó Scanaill
Pádraig Ó Dochartaigh
Daithí Alcorn
Gráinne Mhic Géidigh
Seán Ó Créabháin
Séamas Breathnach
Val Hanley
Cathal Seoighe
Séamus Cosaí Mac Gearailt
Breandán Mac Gearailt
Seosamh Ó Cuaig
Tadhg Ó Cuinn
|
20
|
4
20%
|
16
80%
|
|
Crawford Art Gallery
|
Re-appointed members:
John R. Bowen (Chair)
Sheila Maguire
Noel O'Keefe
Úna Feely
Jim Corr
Tim Brosnan
Tim Lucey
Kevin Lonergan
|
8
|
2
25%
|
6
75%
|
|
National Library of Ireland
|
David Harvey (Chair)
Marian Fitzgibbon
Brian Halpin
Patrick McMahon
Carol Maddock
Des Marnane
Susan Phillips
Pat Quinn
Paul Rellis
H. Paul Shovlin
Robert Spoo
|
11
|
4
36%
|
7
64%
|
|
Heritage Council
|
Conor Newman (Chair)
Caro-lynne Ferris
Brendan Dunford
Mary Keenan
Gabriel Cooney
Kealin Ireland
Henry Lyons
Gráinne Shaffrey
Ian Lumley
Helen O’Carroll
Ciara Breathnach
Ted Creedon
Catherine Heaney
Fidelma Mullane
Michael Parsons
Kieran O’Conor
|
16
|
8
50%
|
8
50%
|
|
National Concert Hall
|
Kieran Tobin (Chair)
Dearbhla Collins
John McGrane
Laurie Cearr
Gina Menzies
Bruce Arnold
Margaret Ryan
Ray Bates
Alma Hynes
Artemis Kent
Deborah Kelleher
Peter McEvoy
Pat Heneghan
Rachel Holstead
Patricia Slavin
|
15
|
9
60%
|
6
40%
|
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
John O'Mahony (Chair)
Gerard Collins
Fergus McKenna O'Hagan
Eamonn McEneaney
Eamon Stack
Eileen Jackson
Olivier Kazmierczak
Mary Sleeman
Frances Rocks
Paul Kelly
Dervilla M.X. Donnelly
Peter Woodman
Chris Nicholas
Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
Maírín de Brún
Mary Crotty
|
16
|
6
37.5%
|
10
62.5%
|
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art
|
Eoin McGonigal (Chairman)
Eamon Delaney
Brian McMahon
Julie O’Neill
Brian Ranalow
Brendan Flynn
Rowan Gillespie
Mary McCarthy
Éimear O’Connor
|
9
|
3
33%
|
6
67%
|
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
Olive Braiden
(Chairperson)
Tom McCarthy
(Vice-Chair)
John Mulcahy
Abdul Bulbulia
Paul O'Brien
Jackie Gallagher
Dermod Dwyer
Kathleen Watkins
Michael Cush
Fred Krehbiel
James Hanley
Martin Gale
Clare McGrath
Luke O'Connor Drury
Des McMahon
Matthew Dempsey
Martin Alphonsus (Fonsie) Mealy
|
17
|
3
18%
|
14
82%
|
|
Arts Council
|
Pat Moylan (Chair)
Aibhlín McGrann
Louise Donlon
Caroline Senior
Fiona Kearney
Colm Tóibín
Paul Johnson
Judith Woodworth
John O'Donnell
Éimear O'Connor
Ciarán Walsh
Mark O'Regan
John Fanning
|
13
|
7
54%
|
6
46%
|
|
Irish Film Board
|
James Morris (Chair)
Lesley McKimm
Tristan Orpen Lynch
Kevin Moriarty
Kirsten Sheridan
Barry Grace
Johnny Gogan
|
7
|
2
29%
|
5
71%
|
|
Chester Beatty Library
|
Thomas P. Hardiman (Chair)
Patricia Donlon
Madeline O’Sullivan
Marc Cochrane
Dermot Desmond
Joan Duff
Sean Freyne
Kathleen James-Chakraborty
Fiona A Ross
Roger Stalley
Declan Downey
|
11
|
5
45%
|
6
55%
|
|
National Archives Advisory Council
|
Peter Charleton (Chair)
Michael Dixon
Diarmuid Ferriter
Raymond Hughes
Máire Mac Conghail
Jennifer Moore
Valerie Moriarty
Jane Ohlmeyer
Carol Quinn
Raymond Refaussé
Paul Rousse
Mary McAuliffe
|
12
|
6
50%
|
6
50%
|
|
Irish Manuscripts Commission
|
James McGuire (Chair)
Nicholas Canny
David Dickson
David Edwards
Chris Flynn
Greta Jones
James Kelly
Michael Kennedy
Máire Mac Conghail
John McCafferty
Aileen McClintock
Deirdre McMahon
Donal Moore
Thomas O'Connor
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
Ruan O'Donnell
Mary O'Dowd
Jane Ohlmeyer
Fiona Ross
|
19
|
7
37%
|
12
63%
|
For completeness, the following table sets out the number and percentage of women and men on the boards of Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency, which comprise An Foras Teanga, a North-South Implementation Body. Appointments to the boards of such bodies are made by the North South Ministerial Council, arising from nominations on a 50:50 basis from each jurisdiction.
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Name of Body/Agency
|
Board membership as at 14/09/12
|
Number of members
|
Number of women
|
Number of men
|
|
Foras na Gaeilge
|
Liam Ó Maolmhichíl (Chair)
Eoghan Mac Cormaic (Vice-Chair)
Pól Callaghan
Colm Cavanagh
Áine Ní Chiaráin
Bríd Ní Chonghoile
Liam Kennedy
Seosamh Mac Donnchadha
Tomás Mac Eochagáin
Marcus Mac Ruairí
Seán Mícheal Ó Dómhnaill
Dónal Ó hAiniféin
Therese Ruane
Tomás Sharkey
Cáitríona Ní Shúilleabháin
Éamonn Ó Gríbín
|
16
|
4
25%
|
12
75%
|
|
Ulster-Scots Agency
|
Tom Scott (Chair)
Tony Crooks (Vice-Chair)
Ida Fisher
William Leatham
Val O’Kelly
Hilary Singleton
Sharon Treacey-Dunne
Trevor Wilson
|
8
|
4
50%
|
4
50%
|
