asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

The following is the information:

Law Reform Commission.

An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

The percentage of the appointments to the council who are women is 25 per cent.

377.

asked the Minister for Finance if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

The following is the information sought by the Deputy:

The percentage of women appointed was nil.

378.

asked the Minister for the Public Service if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

The following are the details:

The appointment of the lady shown represents 11 per cent of the total.

379.

asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:

Beaumont Hospital Board:

Dr. P. Carey MCh

Dr. H.E. Counihan MD

Prof. J.S. Doyle, MD, FRCPI

Mr. C. Dowdall

Dr. J. Fielding BSc, MD, MRCP (London)

Mr. S. Hensey

Dr. P.A. Jennings

Mr. B. Martin

Mr. J. McAuliffe-Curtin FRCS (Ireland)

Mr. Denis P. McCarthy

Lieut. Genl. Seán McKeown

Mr. J.J. Nolan

Dr. P. O'Brien

Mr. T. Stafford

Blood Transfusion Service Board:

Dr. Liam S. Mundow

Mr. W.E. Meagher

Dr. B.A. O'Donnell

Dr. F.Ó Síochfhradha

Mr. P. O'Sullivan

Board for the Employment of the Blind:

Mr. Patrick L. Burke

Dr. L. Dillon-Digby

Mr. P.V. Doyle

Mr. Richard B. Eaton

Mr. James Joy

Mr. James Quinn

Comhairle na n-Ospideal:

Mr. Sean Baker

Mr. E. Browne

Dr. Michael Buckley

Miss Mary Byrne

Dr. G.L. Cantillon

Dr. Robert Carroll

Dr. Dermot Collins

Miss Elisabeth Dillon

Dr. N. Dolan

Dr. E. Doyle

Mr. Richard Godsil

Mr. A. Healy

Mr. S. Hensey

Dr. Aidan Kennedy

Mr. J.S.R. Lavelle

Dr. B. McCaffrey

Mr. D. McCarthy

Mr. J.A. Mehigan

Mr. J. Mulrooney

Comhairle na n-Ospideal (contd.)

Dr. E. O'Dwyer

Mr. Eoin O'Malley

Mr. D. Ormonde

Prof. Denis J. O'Sullivan

Miss P. O'Sullivan

Dr. J.A. Robins

Mr. P.B. Segrave

Dr. A. Walsh

Cork Hospitals Board:

Dr. Tadhg O Ciardha

Mr. John E. Brett BDS

Miss Catherine O'Sullivan RGN

Cork Regional Hospital Board:

Prof. M.P. Brady

Mr. H. Cudmore

Mr. Andrew Henley

Dr. John Nash

Mr. D. O Suilleabháin

Dr. Patrick Power

Dr. Michael J. Roberts

Mr. C. Walsh

Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education:

Dr. B.G. Alton

Prof. Brian Barrett

Prof. G. Bourke

Prof. M.P. Brady

Mr. D. Condon

Dr. Laurinda de Wytt

Prof. R.B. Dockrell

Mr. F.A.J.M. Duff

Dr. John Gowen

Dr. James J. Healy

Prof. P.D.J. Holland

Mr. Charles McCarthy

Prof. Graham Neale

Dr. Eoin O Dochartaigh

Prof. Niall O'Doherty

Prof. E.M. O'Dwyer

Prof. Eoin O'Malley

Dr. A.H. O'Rourke

Mr. Donal O'Shea

Dr. Donal O'Sullivan

Dr. A. Walsh

Prof. Marcus T. Webb, FRCPI MRC Psych.

Dr. W.S. Wren

Dublin Dental Hospital Board:

Prof. J.B. Coakley

Mr. Michael M. Connor

Prof. R.B. Dockrell

Mr. Neill Gleeson

Mr. G. Kingston

Mr. J. McAlister

Prof. J.S. McCormick

Prof. J. McKenna

Prof. P.N. Meenan

Mr. L.O Fearghail

Mr. C.A. O'Sullivan

Mr. D.A. Ryan

Prof. O Tuohy

Dublin Regional Hospital Board:

Prof. Ivor Browne

Mr. P.J. Clarke

Mr. R.E.M. Clarke

Mr. D.Q. Dudley

Mr. B. Herlihy

Prof. W.A.L. MacGowan

Mr. Thomas Nolan

Prof. K. O'Driscoll

Mr. K.P. Tanham

Dr. A. Walsh

Mr. Richard Whyte

Galway Regional Hospital Board:

Dr. D.M. Collins

Mr. E. Hannan

Mr. G. Kingston

Dr. M.P. Lawlor

Prof. E. O'Dwyer

Sister Marie Patrice

Health Education Bureau:

Dr. D.M. Mahony

Miss Róisín Conroy

Prof. G.J. Bourke

Mr. R.M. Delany

Mr. P. McDaid

Mr. B. MacDonnchadha

Mr. J. O'Dwyer

Dr. J.H. Walsh

Dr. Noel Walsh

Mr. J. McGough

Hospitals Joint Services Board:

Miss E. O'Dwyer

Miss N. Slattery

Voluntary Health Insurance Board:

Mr. H.B. Dennis

St. Luke's Hospital Board:

Sr. M. Columba

St. James's Hospital Board:

Prof. B. O'Donnell

Cclr. M. Carroll

Mr. K.A. Harrington

Cclr. E. Stagg

Dr. J.D. Behan

Mr. J.J. Nolan

Dr. Anne McInerney

Dr. B. Powell

Mr. M. Lucey

Cclr. D. Browne

Hospitals Trust Board:

Mr. Edmund Cummins

Mr. J. O'Sullivan

Mr. J.G. Troy

Leopardstown Park Hospital Board:

Miss Ruth Barrington

Sr. Francis Joseph

Miss Noreen Kearney

Brgdr. F.G. MacMullen

Mr. Sean Moore

Mr. Fergus O'Brien

Mr. Donal O'Donoghue

Dr. Niall Tierney

Mrs. Mary Twohig

The Medical Council:

Dr. N. Moore

Dr. M.M. Berber

Miss J. O'Connell

Dr. A. Walsh

Mrs. M. Hayes

Miss N. Carroll

National Rehabilitation Board:

Mr. D. O'Sullivan

Mr. D. Kenny

Mr. D. Crowley

Mr. H. Murdoch

Mr. D. O'Sullivan

Dr. Barbara Stokes

National Drug Advisory Board:

Prof. E. de Valera

Prof. T. Lynch

Mr. S. O'Neill

Prof. C.W.M. Wilson

Mr. T. McGuinn

Medico-Social Research Board:

Dr. Barbara Stokes

Dr. R. Mulcahy

Prof. G.J. Bourke

Prof. J.P. Corridan

Prof. M.J. MacCormac

National Social Service Council:

Rev. R. H. Bertram

Miss P. Berwick

Prof. E.F.J. Dougan

Mr. Tony Downes

R.J. Foster

Fr. B. Geoghegan

Mr. S. Kinsella

Mr. G. Lambe

Sr. Loretto

Mr. A. McDonald

Mr. L. McGovern

Mrs. C. McGuinness

Mr. E. McManus

Mr. K. Marron

Captain S. Minihan

Mr. D. Murphy

Mr. C. O'Broin

Mrs. S.O Cinnéide

Mr. J. O'Dwyer

Mr. P. O'Maitiu

Miss M. Roantree

Mr. T. Roseingrave

Mr. P.J. Shaw

Miss C. Smith

Mr. E. Stewart

Mr. M. Tansey

Rev. J.A. Young

Mr. D.J. Doherty

Therapeutic Substances Advisory Committee:

Dr. T.V. O'Dwyer

Dr. P. Brennan

Dr. M.I. Drury

Dr. Brendan T. Farrelly

Prof. Oliver P.N. Fitzgerald

Prof. R.F. Timoney

Mr. Declan White

Prof. C.W.M. Wilson

Food Advisory Committee:

Mr. John D. Collins

Mr. Frank Conroy

Dr. Thomas D. Feeley

Dr. Fergus Hill

Dr. John A. Humphreys

Dr. John Kevany

Mr. M. Lyons

Mr. J.J. McCarroll

Prof. Patrick M. Meenan

Mr. Michael J. Mulcahy

Mr. Robert H. Murray

Mrs. Delma O'Hanrahan

Dr. Thomas M. O'Toole

Dr. Allene I. Scott

Eastern Health Board:

Mr. Michael Matthews

Midland Health Board:

Miss Bridget Brislane

North-Eastern Health Board:

Dr. T.A. Birkett

North-Western Health Board:

Mr. Charles Gallen

Dr. D. Horgan

South-Eastern Health Board:

Mr. John Murphy

Approximately 13 per cent of these appointments were women.

380.

asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

I have made no such appointments.

381.

asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

The following is the information requested:

382.

asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

The information which the Deputy requires is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:

Appointments to boards, authorities, agencies etc. made by the Minister for Tourism and Transport since 5 July 1979.

One of the appointees was a woman.

383.

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

Details of appointments by me or by the Minister of State at my Department to boards, authorities, agencies and so on since 5 July 1977, are as follows:

1. Posts and Telegraphs Review Group:

Dr. Michael J. Dargan (Chairman)

Mrs. Margaret Downes

Mr. T.P. Hardiman

Mr. Francis A. Hynes

Mr. Michael J. O'Keeffe

Mr. Harold O'Sullivan

Dr. Oliver C. Waldron

2. An Bord Poist:

Mr. Feargal Quinn (Chairman)

Mrs. Claire Browne

Mr. Patrick Cardiff

Mr. Daniel Grace

Mr. Tony Halpin

Mr. Brendan Murray

Mr. T. Quinlan

Mr. J.H.D. Ryan

Mr. J.T. Sheehan

3. An Bord Telecom:

Mr. Michael W.J. Smurfit (Chairman)

Mr. Denis Brosnan

Mr. W.J. Chamberlaine

Mr. S. de Paor

Mr. M. Hely Hutchinson

Mrs. Elizabeth Holden, MA, LLB, ASIA

Mr. Harold O'Sullivan

Professor John O. Scanlan, DSC, FIEEE, MRIA

Mr. D. Edmund Williams

4. Post Office Users' Council:

Mr. P.O Nualláin (Chairman)

Mr. B. Callanan

Mr. Merlin Stanley

Mr. Peter Coyle

Mr. James Murphy

Mr. J. O'Callaghan

Mr. M. de Hál

Mr. L.M. O'Brien

Mr. T.A. Dunne

Councillor Noel Brassil

Dr. M.C. Sexton

Mr. E. Sweetnam

Mr. D. Larkin

Mrs. Sheila Quinn

Mr. Herbert J. Shortall

Miss T. Higgins

Mr. E. Rowlette

Mr. James Glynn

5. Stamp Design Advisory Committee

Very Rev. P.F. Canon Shields

Mr. D.M. Harrington

6. The Advisory Committee on Interference with Wireless Telegraphy:

Mr. D.A. Victor-Byrne

Of those appointed, 10.9 per cent were women.

384.

asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

Following is the information requested:

(a) Details of appointments made by me or by the Minister of State since 5 July 1977:

(b) None of the appointees were women.

385.

asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

Details of appointments made by me since I came into office to the bodies for which I have responsibility are set out in the attached statement which, with the permission of An Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report. Of these slightly less than 4 per cent were women.

Following is the statement:

*Appointed under Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1977.

386.

asked the Minister for Defence if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

The information sought is as follows:

1. Army Pensions Board:

2. Visiting Committee to the Military Detention Barracks, Curragh Camp.

(i) The following were appointed for the period ended on 31 December 1978:

(ii) On 28 February 1979 all the foregoing were re-appointed for the period ending on 31 December 1979.

3. Percentage of the foregoing appointments who were women: Nil.

387.

asked the Minister for Justice if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

I have made 127 appointments to boards, authorities, agencies and so on since taking office. Twenty-two of those appointments were women or about 17 per cent of the total. The names of the persons appointed are:-

Censorship of Publications Appeal Board:

The Hon. Mr. Justice Thomas J. Neylon, President of the Circuit Court, (Chairman)

Brendan J. Smith

Martin McCullough

Alfred J. Faulkner

Adoption Board:

Miss Agnes B. Cassidy, Justice of the District Court, (Chairman)

Joseph Martin

Mrs. A. Dillon Browne

James Costello

John P. Counihan

Mrs. Margaret McGilly

Miss Joan Ackerley

Board of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests:

C. Garrett Walker

John Garvey

Colm Gaynor

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal:

Frederick Morris

Committee on Court Practice and Procedure:

The Hon. Mr. Justice Seán Butler, Judge of the High Court

The Hon. Mr. Justice Thomas J. Neylon, President of the Circuit Court

Séamus McKenna, SC

Aidan Browne, SC

John M. Fitzpatrick

Justice Thomas F. Donnelly, President of the District Court

Visiting Committees to Prisons and Places of Detention:

Mountjoy:

W. Howley

M. Fogarty

J.V. McDonnell

J.J. O'Carroll

J. Potter

D. Smith

Mrs. S. Mallagh

Mrs. K. Robinson

J. O'Farrell

Capt. R.R. Tumulty

L. Belton

M. Campion

Limerick:

P. Power

M. Carroll

J. O'Sullivan

J. Quinn

P. Ryan

J. Wallace

Mrs. M. Wrenn

Mrs. M. O'Halloran

S. Kennedy

T. Creagan

B. Duggan

M. Cotter

Cork:

J. Ahern

T. Brosnan

M. Collins-Powell

M. Finn

L.A. French

N. Harnett

L. Hurley

J. Cronin

Mrs. B. Collins

P. O'Brien

Arbour Hill:

M. Daly

B.E. Ellis

D. Kennedy

Mrs. P. Leonard

Mrs. S. Quinn

T. Dunne

J. Boggan

J. Hutton

Portlaoise:

H. Bannon

J. Buggy

J. Carroll

J. Dunne

Rev. Canon H.M.J. Gray

F. Aldrit

W. Aird

E. Rafter

T. Keenan

N. Dolan

Shanganagh Castle:

D. Brennan

C.J. Smythe

T. Garry

T. Twomey

B. Connolly

Mrs. Cody

Mrs. D. McKenna

T.P. Duffy

E. Pitts

L. Lawlor

P.E. McDonald

N. Andrews

St. Patrick's:

J. Campion

Nora Gorman

P. Butler

Senator M. Donnelly

D. Kinlen

A.J. Maher

J.A. Meehan

K.P. Leonard

Mrs. E. Killeen

S. Gallagher

Training Unit:

W. Cambell

A. Carroll

M.P. Ryan

N. Smyth

P. Clancy

Mrs. B. Keating

J. Whoriskey

Shelton Abbey:

Neansaí Bean Ní Ghairbhí

Commdt. M. McEvoy

C. Murphy

R. Bentley

E. Martin

P. Doyle

Miss L. Stafford

D. Byrne

J. Sweeney

Mrs. M. Code

F. Swords

T. Coleman

Ms. M. Ledwidge

Loughlan House (Special School):

L. McGinley

M.T. McGovern

S. Lee

M. Deignan

B. Wynne

Mrs. E. Cole

Mrs. K.C. Richey

Garda Síochána Committee of Enquiry:

Dr. W.J.L. Ryan (Chairman)

Dr. R.J. O'Hanlon, SC

Dr. Gerard Quinn

Seán Ó Murchú

Redmond Power

388.

asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies etc. to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who are women.

Since taking up office I have made the following appointments which are relevant to the Deputy's question:

Agency for Personal Service Overseas

Details of appointments to this agency were given in reply to a question on 12 July 1979. Seven of the members of the council of twenty-nine are women (24 per cent).

These four appointees replaced four other men on the Committee. Three of the members of the present Committee of seventeen are women (18 per cent).

389.

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on, to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

Following is the information requested:

390.

asked the Minister for Labour if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies, and so on, to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

The information which the Deputy has requested is set out in the following statement:—

Notes:

(i) The percentage of the above appointments who are women is 16 per cent.

(ii) Many of the Appointments listed above were made by the Minister on the Nomination of representative bodies (usually of employers or workers).

(iii) The statement does not include the Employment Action Team which has now ceased to function.

391.

asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

Thug mé liosta de na ceapacháin ar 12 Iúil 1979. Mná ab ea 25 per cent de na daoine a cheap mé ar Bhord na Gaeilge.

392.

asked the Minister for Education if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

I interpret the question as applicable to the case of the following educational authorities: The National University of Ireland; University College, Dublin; University College, Cork; University College, Galway; The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; The National College of Art and Design; The Higher Education Authority; The National Council for Educational Awards; The National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick; The National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin; Thomond College of Education; The National Gallery; The National Library; The National Museum.

With the exception of the National College of Art and Design, the appointments to the governing bodies of those educational institutions are made by the President on the advice of the Government in the case of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and by the Government in all other cases.

I have appointed six members to the Board of the National College of Art and Design. One of the six was a woman. I may add that the appointments were made on the basis of suitability and without reference to a percentage distribution as between men and women.

393.

asked the Minister for Economic Planning and Development if he will give details of all appointments made by him since coming into office to all boards, authorities, agencies and so on to which he has powers of nomination and the percentage of these appointments who were women.

There are two bodies under the aegis of my Department to which I have powers of nomination—the National Economic and Social Council and the National Board for Science and Technology.

Details of appointments made to those bodies on my recommendation are set out in the following statement. Women account for 8 per cent of these appointments.

National Economic and Social Council.

National Board for Science and Technology.