Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 February 2019
174. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being appointed to boards or agencies; if so, when same were last updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6646/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraA number of officials from my Department are serving on boards of international institutions and banks. However, I take it that the Deputy’s question relates to officials appointed to domestic boards and agencies.
Eight officials from my Department are currently serving on nine domestic boards or agencies. Four have been appointed to six boards on an ex-officio basis, with two of these officials each serving on two boards in such a capacity. One is also serving as the interim Chair of a newly established State body.
An official was appointed to a Board in line with the relevant legislation which provides that one of the two ordinary members of that Board must be nominated for appointment by the Minister for Finance and must be an officer and representative of the Department of Finance.
Three further officials have been appointed to the Boards of two bodies under the aegis of my Department. In 2017, I approved the appointment of two officials to the board of a body which is currently being wound down. While awaiting the legislation to dissolve this body, these two appointments were made to manage matters during the period up to formal dissolution. ?Following his nomination by me as Minister for Finance, one further official was appointed to a Board in accordance with the Guidelines for Appointments to State Boards, which were published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in November 2014.
