Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 February 2023
152. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the officeholder of the day to State boards, authorities and other State-appointed bodies, after being recommended on draft lists submitted by the Public Appointments Service, in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9047/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe only State body currently under the aegis of this Department is the Army Pensions Board. The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. The Act specifies that the Board shall consist of a chairman and two ordinary members. The two ordinary members must 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 of Public Expenditure and Reform. 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.
The number of retired senior civil servants and public servants appointed by the Minister for Defence to the Army Pensions Board, after being recommended on draft lists submitted by the Public Appointments Service, in each of the past ten years, is one.
