Údarás na Gaeltachta
Legal basis: Údarás na Gaeltachta Act 1979
Maximum Number of Positions: 12
Gender Balance Numbers: Female (5), Male (7)
Gender Balance Percentage: Female (42%), Male (58%)
Notes: Section 6 of the Údarás na Gaeltachta Act 1979, as substituted by s. 16 of the Gaeltacht Act 2012, provides that An tÚdarás shall consist of the following members:
(i) a chairperson, who shall be appointed by the Minister;
(ii) one ordinary member, who shall be appointed by the Minister, on the nomination of the county council of County Donegal;
(iii) one ordinary member, who shall be appointed by the Minister, on the nomination of the county council of County Mayo;
(iv) one ordinary member, who shall be appointed by the Minister, on the nomination of the county council of County Galway;
(v) one ordinary member, who shall be appointed by the Minister, on the nomination of the county council of County Kerry;
(vi) one ordinary member, who shall be appointed by the Minister for a period of 2 years on the nomination of each of the county councils of the counties of Cork, Meath and Waterford in accordance with paragraph (b);
(vii) 6 ordinary members, who shall be appointed by the Minister.
Name | First Appointed | Reappointed | Expiry Date | Position type | Basis of appointment |
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Anna Ní Ghallachair | 20/11/2012 | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Chairperson | PAS Process |
Debra Ní Shúilleabháin | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | PAS Process | |
Eunan Mac Cuinneagáin | 20/11/2012 | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | PAS Process |
Gobnait Ní Mhuimhneacháin | 01/03/2021 | 28/02/2023 | Board Member | Cork County Council Nominee | |
Ian Mac Aindriú | 20/11/2012 | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | PAS Process |
John Shéamuis Ó Fearraigh | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | Donegal County Council Nominee | |
Mary Uí Chadhain | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | PAS Process | |
Seosamh Ó Laoi | 20/11/2012 | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | PAS Process |
Seán Mac Congamhna | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | Mayo County Council Nominee | |
Siobhán Seoighe | 22/06/2015 | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | PAS Process |
Séamus Cosaí Mac Gearailt | 20/11/2012 | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | Kerry County Council Nominee |
Séamus Walsh | 12/01/2018 | 11/01/2023 | Ordinary Member | Galway County Council Nominee |