Gender Balance

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 November 2017

Thursday, 16 November 2017

Ceisteanna (260)

Mary Lou McDonald

Ceist:

260. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the gender balance on each of the State boards under his remit in tabular form. [48561/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Defence

The only state body currently under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board. The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. The Act specified that the Board shall consist of a chairman and two ordinary members. The two ordinary members should be qualified medical practitioners of whom one must be an officer of the Army Medical Corps. The chairman and the non-military ordinary member are appointed by the Minister for Defence with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The non-military ordinary member is female which is one third of the Board. The Army Medical Corps ordinary member is appointed by the Minister for Defence on the recommendation of the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces.