Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2014
343. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence if his Department held meetings separate to the management advisory committee meetings which were attended by either him or the Minister of State and the management advisory committee; if so, if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of such meetings that occurred in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47860/14]
Amharc ar fhreagra344. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of management advisory committee meetings which were held for each of the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of management advisory committee meetings that were attended by him, the Minister of State, the political adviser, the Secretary General and all other titles of attendees in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47876/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 343 and 344 together.
The Secretary General is responsible for the management of my Department and is supported in this role by the Management Advisory Committee (MAC). The Committee generally meets on a weekly basis. The Secretary General attended all of the MAC meetings during the period in question. I attend the meetings periodically as does the Minister of State. From time to time, officials of the Department attend MAC meetings to brief the Committee on particular issues. An official also attends the meetings to provide secretarial support. I am also in daily contact with individual MAC members on a range of issues. The information requested on meetings is set out as follows:
|
Year |
No of MAC Meetings held |
No of meetings attended by Minister/Minister of State/Political Advisors |
Titles of other attendees |
No of non-MAC Meetings attended by Minister/Minister of State & MAC members |
|
2011 |
45 |
5 |
PO/AP-P&O PO/AP Contracts PO Finance Internal Auditor PO/AP HRB PO Property Management PO Executive PO ICT Secretariat |
2 |
|
2012 |
50 |
6 |
PO/AP ISDP PO/AP P&O PO Contracts PO/AP Finance Internal Auditor PO/AP HRB PO/AP ICT Security consultant Risk Manager Secretariat |
3 |
|
2013 |
41 |
5 |
PO/AP P&O PO Property PO/AP Litigation PO/AP ICT PO/AP HRB PO/AP DFPP PO Contracts PO Finance Internal Auditor HEO Internal Audit PO Contracts AP MIF Secretariat |
3 |
|
2014 |
45 |
6 |
PO/AP P&O Internal Auditor PO/AP HRB PO/AP Litigation PO/AP Legislation PO/AP ISDP PO/AP Executive PO/AP DFPP PO/AP Finance PO Contracts PO C&A Secretariat |
2 |
