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The Citizens Information Board The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice and advocacy relating to social services and entitlements. All appointments are made by the Minister and the legislative provisions governing board membership of the CIB are contained in the Comhairle Act 2000 and the Citizens Information Act 2007. The legislation provides that: - The Board shall consist of fifteen members; - One member of the Board shall be designated as chairperson; - The period of membership shall not exceed five years; - The members of the Board shall include one officer of the Minister, three members representative of people with disabilities and one member of the staff of the Board; - Not less than six members of the Board shall be female and not less than six shall be male. The legislation also provides that a member of the Board whose period of membership expires by the effluxion of time (passing of five-year term) shall be eligible for re-appointment as a member of the Board. The Pensions Authority (Formerly Pensions Board) The Pensions Authority is a regulatory body operating under the aegis of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the statutory role of the Authority is to monitor and supervise the operation of the Pensions Act 1990. Oversight of the Pensions Authority is provided by a three person board. This consists of the following: - Ms Jane Williams as Authority chair - Ms Anne Vaughan, Deputy Secretary in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, who represents the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection - Ms Ann Nolan, Second Secretary in the Department of Finance, who represents the Minister for Finance. The role CEO of the Pensions Board is now renamed the Pensions Regulator, with Mr Brendan Kennedy continuing in that role. These changes took effect 6th March 2014. Social Welfare Tribunal The Social Welfare Tribunal is a statutory body set up in 1982 to deal with cases where entitlement to Jobseekers Benefit or Jobseekers Assistance is refused due to an involvement in a trade dispute. The legislation governing the operation of the Social Welfare Tribunal is provided for in Sections 331 to 333 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005. The Tribunal consists of a Chairman and four ordinary members, two nominated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and two nominated by an organisation representative of employers. All members are appointed by the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a term of three years. Current Board membership
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An Bord um Faisnéis do Shaoránaigh Tá an Bord um Fhaisnéis do Shaoránaigh (BFS) freagrach as tacú le soláthar seirbhísí faisnéise, comhairle agus abhcóideachta a bhaineann le seirbhísí agus le teidlíochtaí sóisialta. Cuimsítear gach ceapachán a dhéanann an tAire agus na forálacha reachtaíochta a rialaíonn ballraíocht an BFS agus in Acht na Comhairle, 2000 agus san Acht um Fhaisnéis do Shaoránaigh, 2007. Foráiltear sa reachtaíocht an méid a leanas: - Beidh cúigear déag comhaltaí sa Bhord; - Ainmneofar comhalta amháin den Bhord ina chathaoirleach; - Ní sháróidh tréimhse na ballraíochta cúig bliana; - Áireofar le comhaltaí an Bhoird oifigeach amháin den Aire, triúr comhaltaí a dhéanann ionadaíocht do dhaoine atá faoi mhíchumas agus comhalta amháin d’fhoireann an Bhoird; - Beidh líon nach lú ná seisear comhaltaí den Bhord baineann agus beidh líon nach lú ná seisear fireann. Foráiltear sa reachtaíocht, chomh maith, go mbeidh comhalta den Bhord a n-éagann a t(h)réimhse bhallraíochta le himeacht ama (éag téarma cúig bliana) incháilithe d’athcheapadh mar chomhalta den Bhord. Rinneadh an ceapachán deireanach leis an mBord i Meitheamh 2015. An tÚdarás Pinsean (an Bord Pinsean go foirmiúil) Comhlacht rialála is ea an tÚdarás Pinsean a oibríonn faoi choimirce na Roinne Coimirce Sóisialaí agus is é ról reachtúil an Údaráis chun monatóireacht agus maoirseacht a dhéanamh ar oibriú Acht na bPinsean, 1990. Soláthraíonn board de thriúr daoine maoirseacht ar an Údarás Pinsean. Cuimsítear an méid a leanas ann seo: - An tUasal Jane Williams mar chathaoirleach an Údaráis - An tUasal Anne Vaughan, an Leas-Rúnaí sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí, a dhéanann ionadaíocht don Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí - An tUasal Ann Nolan, an Dara Rúnaí sa Roinn Airgeadais, a dhéanann ionadaíocht don Aire Airgeadais. Táthar tar éis ról POF an Bhoird Phinsean a athainmniú anois mar an Rialtóir Pinsean, agus leanann an tUasal Brendan Kennedy leis an ról sin a chomhlíonadh. Tháinig na hathruithe seo i bhfeidhm an 6 Márta 2014. An Binse Leasa Shóisialaigh Comhlacht reachtúil is ea an Binse Leasa Shóisialaigh a bunaíodh i 1982 chun déileáil le cásanna ina ndiúltaítear teidlíocht do Shochar Cuardaitheora Poist nó do Chúnamh Cuardaitheora Poist mar gheall ar bhaint a bheith ag duine i ndíospóid trádála. Foráiltear in Ailt 331 go 333 den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Comhdhlúthú), 2005 an reachtaíocht a rialaíonn oibriú an Bhinse Leasa Shóisialaigh. Tá Cathaoirleach agus ceathrar gnáthchomhalta, beirt chomhaltaí a ainmníonn Comhdháil na gCeardchumann (ICTU) agus beirt chomhaltaí a ainmníonn eagraíocht a dhéanann ionadaíocht d’fhostóirí sa Bhinse. Ceapann an tAire Coimirce Sóisialaí gach comhalta ar feadh téarma trí bliana. Ballraíocht reatha an Bhoird