Composition and Appointment

Section 18 of the Statistics Act, 1993 (links to the website of the Office of the Attorney General) describes the composition of the Board and procedures for appointing Board members:

The National Statistics Board shall consist of eight members comprising the following seven persons who shall be appointed by the Taoiseach:

 

› five persons of proven ability and experience in relevant fields - two of whom shall be nominated by the Taoiseach and three of whom shall be nominated by such organisation or organisations as the Taoiseach considers to be representative of the users of official statistics and providers of information under this Act

› Assistant Secretary or equivalent or higher grade in the Department of the Taoiseach

› Assistant Secretary or equivalent or higher grade in the Department of Finance together with the Director General, ex officio.

Click here for the current membership of the NSB Board.