Mary Lou McDonald
Ceist:79. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of vacancies in each State board under the aegis of his Department, in tabular form. [49943/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 28 November 2017
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Freagraí scríofa
I appoint members to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and the National Statistics Board (NSB).
I appoint members to the NESC in accordance with the provisions of the National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006 and the Alteration of Composition Order 2010. The legislation provides for nominations from five sectors - business and employer, ICTU, farming and agricultural, community and voluntary and environmental; public servants; and independent experts. Four vacancies remain in the independent members category. These vacancies will be filled in accordance with the process set out in the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards.
I appoint members to the NSB in accordance with the Statistics Act 1993. The Act provides for an eight member National Statistics Board, including the Director General of the CSO, ex officio, and an Assistant Secretary from my Department and the Department of Finance. Two members are nominated by the Taoiseach and three by organisations representative of the users of official statistics and providers of information under the Act. There are currently no vacancies on the NSB.
The table provided shows the number of vacancies in the NESC and NSB.
|
State Board |
Number of Vacancies |
|
NESC |
4 |
|
NSB |
0 |