Appointments to State Boards

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 February 2016

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Ceisteanna (161)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

161. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment, through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4623/16]

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.

Details relating to the Boards, as requested by the Deputy, are outlined in the following tables.

Appointments to Boards from 7 March to Date

Name of Board or Agency	Name of appointee	Date of appointment	Date of Re-appointment	Appointed through public application or otherwise
Citizens Information Board	Eugene McErlean	7 September 2011	27 April 2014	Public Appointments Service process
	Fiona Ward (Department of Social Protection)	1 November 2011	1 September 2012	Ex-officio appointment.
	David Stratton	5 November 2012		Staff representative
	Simonetta Ryan (Department of Social Protection)	14 March 2014	Replaced by Tim Duggan (Department of Social Protection)	Ex-officio appointment.
	Noeline Blackwell	4 March 2015		Re-appointment. Initially appointed 4 March 2010.
	Josephine Henry	4 March 2015		Re-appointment. Initially appointed 4 March 2010.
	Tim Duggan (Department of Social Protection)	12 June 2015		Ex-officio appointment.
	Ita Mangan (Chairperson)	12 June 2015		Appointed in line with section 9.1.4 of Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards.
	Anne Marie Cassidy (Department of Social Protection)	21 September 2015		Ex-officio appointment.
	Sean Sheridan	17 November 2015		Representative of the National Association of Citizens Information Services

Name of Board or Agency	Name of appointee	Date of appointment	Appointed through public application or otherwise
Pensions Authority	David Begg	12 January 2016	Appointed in line with section 9.1.4 of Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards.
	Dr. Orlaigh Quinn (Department of Social Protection)	7 March 2014 (Replaced by Anne Vaughan, Department of Social Protection	Dr. Orlaigh Quinn (Department of Social Protection)
	Anne Vaughan (Department of Social Protection)	14 May 2014	Ex-officio appointment replacing Dr. Orlaigh Quinn)
	Ann Nolan (Department of Finance)	7 March 2014	Ex-officio appointment.
Pensions Council	Jim Murray	3 February 2015	Appointment was announced on 6 March 2014. As this announcement pre dated the publication of the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards in November 2014, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform indicated that the appointment process could continue as announced.
	Roma Burke	3 February 2015	Public Appointments Service process
	Kirsty Flynn	3 February 2015	Public Appointments Service process
	Anthony Gilhawley	3 February 2015	Public Appointments Service process
	Brendan Keenan	3 February 2015	Public Appointments Service process
	Shane Whelan	3 February 2015	Public Appointments Service process
	Sandra Rockett	3 February 2015	Public Appointments Service process
	Sinead Ryan	3 February 2015	Public Appointments Service process
	Brendan Kennedy (Pensions Regulator)	3 February 2015	Ex-officio appointment.
	Peter Brazel (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)	3 February 2015	Ex-officio appointment.
	Marie Louise Delahunty (Central Bank)	3 February 2015	Ex-officio appointment.
	Helen McDonald (Department of Social Protection)	3 February 2015	Ex-officio appointment.

Name of Board or Agency	Name of appointee	Date of appointment	Date of re-appointment	Appointed through public application process or otherwise
Social Welfare Tribunal	Colin Walker	5 October 2012	5 October 2015	Appointed by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, by way of a recommendation from the Labour Court
	Michael Carr	5 October 2012	Replaced by Mary Connaughton	Nominated by IBEC
	Fergus Whelan	5 October 2012	5 October 2015	Nominated by ICTU
	Chris Rowland	24 October 2011	5 October 2012 & 5 October 2015	Nominated by ICTU
	Don O’Higgins	5 October 2012	5 October 2015	Nominated by IBEC
	Mary Connaughton	5 October 2015		Nominated by IBEC

Board vacancies

There are currently 8 vacancies on the Citizens Information Board. There are none on the Boards of the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council or the Social Welfare Tribunal.