Department of Health State Boards Vacancies
Current vacancies
12th April 2013: Appointment of members to the Physiotherapists Registration Board
04th April 2013: Appointment to the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
In accordance with the Government's recent decision, the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly TD,will be inviting expressions of interest from persons interested in being appointed to the boards of State Bodies and Agencies operating under the Department's aegis as vacancies arise.
In making any board appointments, the Minister will not necessarily be confined to those who make such expressions of interest but will ensure that all of those appointed have the relevant qualifications for the positions. In that respect, the Minister will have regard to the body or agency in question and its particular area of responsibility etc. as well as ensuring that the board members have an appropriate mix of skills and experience in such areas as corporate governance, legal expertise, financial expertise (with particular reference to audit capability and/or project assessment). The Minister may, from time to time, also decide not to fill all existing vacancies.
Persons being proposed for appointment as chairpersons of State Bodies/Agencies will be required to make themselves available to the appropriate Oireachtas committee to discuss the approach which they will take to their role as chairperson and their views about the future contribution of the body or Board in question and, following that discussion, decisions will be taken by the Minister or the Government, as appropriate, to confirm the nominee as chairperson.
In the case of a number of the bodies and agencies, board appointments, while made by the Minister, are not all made at the Minister's sole discretion and, instead, individuals are nominated for appointment by the Minister by various organisations, specified in the relevant statute.
The following table sets out the names of those bodies and agencies operating under the aegis of the Department of Health to which the Minister makes nominations/appointments. Vacancies will be advertised as they arise.
