State agencies and bodies under the department’s aegis

A significant number of State Agencies are funded from within the department’s Vote Group, including three cross-border implementation bodies – An Foras Teanga comprising Foras na Gaeilge and Tha Boord o Ulster Scotch and Tourism Ireland which are co-sponsored by the department (along with the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland) in accordance with the terms of the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999.

In accordance with the 2016 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies and in the interest of good governance in the public sector, all state bodies are subject to oversight and accountability to ensure that there are robust and effective governance arrangements in place in state bodies under its aegis.

Tourism

• Fáilte Ireland (National Tourism Development Authority)
• Tourism Ireland

Arts and Culture

• Arts Council
• Chester Beatty
• Crawford Art Gallery
• Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
• Irish Manuscripts Commission
• National Archives of Ireland
• National Concert Hall
• National Gallery of Ireland
• National Library of Ireland
• National Museum of Ireland
• Screen Ireland

Gaeltacht

• Foras na Gaeilge
• Tha Boord o Ulster Scotch
• Údarás na Gaeltachta

Sport

• Sport Ireland

Media

• Coimisiún na Meán
• Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
• Teilifís na Gaeilge (TG4)

Information in respect of the current membership of State Boards under the remit of this department can be found here.

Following a Government Decision on 30 September 2014 concerning new arrangements for filling vacancies on state boards and the publication by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform of the government-approved Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is now responsible for managing the process of advertising and selection of suitable potential appointees for consideration by the Minister in filling state board vacancies. All appointments will be made in accordance with the governing legislation for each State Body.

The Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies includes a description of the roles and responsibilities of Chairpersons, Boards and Directors.

In addition to holding details of the current membership of State Boards, current vacancies on State Boards are also advertised via Stateboards.ie including advice on how to apply.

The table below details the fees for State Boards under this department and the rates are applicable from 1 January 2010.

Reference to remuneration for chairs and members of Boards relates to the level of fee to which they are entitled and does not infer the fee was drawn down by individual members. Where public servants are appointed to Boards, under the One Person One Salary principal, no fees are payable.

Details in relation to Board fees are also available within the respective annual reports of each organisation.

More information in relation to State Board remuneration is available in the Code of Practice, the Governance of State Bodies: Remuneration and Superannuation (2016).