I am responsible for appointment of members to the boards of the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Child and Family Agency (Tusla), Gaisce and the Board of Management for the Children Detention Schools. The following table sets out the number of vacancies and anticipated vacancies up to 1st January 2016 on each board including the Chairperson.
The Deputy may be aware that the Government approved new arrangements in 2014 for the making of appointments to State Boards and bodies. New guidelines were published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in November 2014. The Public Appointments Service (PAS) manages the new process of advertising and selection of suitable potential appointees for consideration by Ministers in filling State Board vacancies. All appointments, with some limited exceptions, are to be advertised on the State Boards portal, Stateboards.ie operated by PAS.
Board
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Number of Current vacancies
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Date current vacancies arose
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Number of anticipated vacancies up to 1/1/2016
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Date of anticipated vacancies
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Adoption Authority of Ireland
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None
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N/A
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4 members
1 Chair
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4 Members 31/10/2015
1 Chair 31/10/2015
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Gaisce
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7 Members
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1 Member September 2014
1 Member February 2014
3 Members 11/3/2015
2 Members 22/4/2015
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None
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N/A
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Children Detention Schools
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1 Member
1 Chair
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1 Member 6/10/2014
1 Chair 27/4/2015
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12 Members
1 Chair
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To coincide with the enactment of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 later this year.
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