Appointments to State Boards

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 March 2015

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Ceisteanna (61)

Mary Lou McDonald

Ceist:

61. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in her Department who have been appointed to a State board under her aegis following their retirement; if she will provide in tabular form the names of these persons, the boards to which they were appointed and the appointment process followed in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9954/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection

The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a Board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal.

No senior civil servants, who retired since 2011 from my Department, have been appointed, at any stage, to the boards of any of these statutory bodies.