Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 February 2016
198. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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 his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4622/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy is aware the Government introduced new arrangements to the appointment of State Board members in 2011. Under the new arrangements departments now invite expressions of interest from the public on their websites for vacancies on the boards of bodies under their aegis. It is open to all members of the public regardless of gender, political affiliations or geographical location to apply for appointment to these vacancies.
An Post National Lottery Board
In the context of the sale of the National Lottery licence I considered it appropriate to reappoint two of the Ministerial nominees to the Board; Mr. Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh was reappointed twice and Mr. Oliver Wilkinson was reappointed once in light of the disposal of the National Lottery licence. Consequently recourse to advertising the positions publicly did not arise.
|
Name |
Reappointed |
Vacancy Advertised |
|
Donal Connell (Chair) |
29.02.12, 01.07.13 |
No |
|
Dermot Griffin |
06.11.12, 01.07.13 |
No |
|
Caroline Murphy |
06.11.13 |
No |
|
Oliver Wilkinson |
06.11.13 |
No |
|
Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh |
06.11.12, 01.07.13 |
No |
|
Peter Quinn |
16.02.12, 01.07.13 |
No
|
The Public Appointments Service Board
|
Name |
Appointed |
Reappointed |
Vacancy Advertised |
|
Eddie Sullivan (Chair) |
|
01.09.11 |
Official nominee of the Department of Finance - previous member reappointed (Public Official) |
|
Des Dowling* |
01.09.11 |
|
Official nominee of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (Public Official) |
|
Dave Walsh |
01.07.13 |
|
Replacement for Des Dowling who transferred departments (Public Official) |
|
John McCarthy |
01.09.13 |
|
Replacement for Dave Walsh who transferred internally (Public Official) |
|
Dr. Deirdre O'Keeffe* |
01.09.11 |
09.10.14 |
Official nominee of the Department of Justice and Equality (Public Official) |
|
Patricia Coleman* |
01.09.11 |
|
Official nominee of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Public Official) |
|
William Beausang |
15.07.13 |
|
Replacement for Patricia Coleman who transferred internally (Public Official) |
|
Judith Eve* |
01.09.11 |
09.10.14 |
Former Northern Ireland Civil Service Commissioner appointed as chair on 09.10.14) |
|
Eddie Molloy* |
01.09.11 |
09.10.14 |
Management Consultant |
|
Dan Murphy |
01.09.11 |
|
ICTU nominee previous member was appointed |
|
Bryan Andrews |
01.09.11 |
|
Holds office on ex officio basis (Public Official) |
|
Fiona Tierney |
20.03.12 |
09.10.14 |
Holds office on ex officio basis, current CEO (Public Official) |
|
Sean McGrath* |
01.09.11 |
|
Official nominee of the National Director of HR, HSE (Public Official) |
|
Barry O'Brien |
01.09.12 |
09.10.14 |
Official nominee of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform replacement for Sean McGrath who resigned his post (Public Official) |
|
Paul Lemass* |
09.10.14 |
|
Official nominee of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (Public Official) |
|
Anne Marie Taylor |
09.10.14 |
|
Yes HR Consultant |
|
Eimear Kenny |
09.10.14 |
|
Yes Senior HR Executive |
|
Oonagh McPhillips* |
01.07.15 |
|
Replacement for Dr. O'Keeffe who transferred departments (Public Official) |
|
Damien McCallion* |
01.07.15 |
|
Replacement for Barry O'Brien (Public Official) |
|
David Cagney* |
22.09.15 |
|
Official nominee of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform replacement for William Beausang (Public Official) |
*The Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 states that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, the Minister for Health and the Minister for Justice and Equality should appoint members of the Board of the Public Appointments Service. The Board is meant to be representative of our client base.
The Act also specifics that in appointing members of the Board the Minister shall ensure that at least two of them have either or both civil and other public service experience and knowledge and two of them have expertise in human resource management, customer service and recruitment outside the public service that the Minister considers relevant.
Currently there are no vacancies on the Public Appointments Service Board.
The Institute of Public Administration (IPA)
The IPA has a representative board with nominations from different sectors of the public service every two years. As per the Memorandum and Articles of Association governing the IPA, each of the nominating bodies/sectors is invited by letter to nominate its representative to the Board on a two-yearly basis and my Department has one such representative.
