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Updated: 6.40pm
FIANNA FÁIL HAS claimed that the new rules regarding appointments to state boards won’t apply to ‘New Era’ companies such as Irish Water and ESB.
The party’s Public Expenditure and Reform Spokesperson Seán Fleming said he had found a loophole in the guidelines, but the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform denied this was the case.
A spokesperson for the Department said New Era companies “are covered by the guidelines in a manner that recognises New Era’s existing statutory role as the shareholder’s advisor”.
“The Irish Water board is being stood down and encompassed in the Ervia unified board. Positions in respect of that board are already being advertised on state boards.ie.”
The ‘New Era’ companies include Irish Water, Ervia (formerly Bord Gáis), ESB, Eirgrid, Bord na Móna and Coillte.
Yesterday Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin announced guidelines about how people are to be appointed to state boards.
Earlier this year, the Government was accused of cronyism when John McNulty, Fine Gael’s Seanad nominee, was appointed to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. He withdrew from the election race following the controversy.
Fleming, who has drawn up draft legislation on the subject, noted that while Howlin has asked New Era to talk to the public appointments service to come up with a solution, no timeframe has been set.
“The essential difference between [my] legislation and the Government’s proposal is that Fianna Fáil believes the matter must be dealt with on a statutory basis, not by way of guidelines that have been drawn up to assist Ministers,” Fleming said.
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Fecking hate cancer.
If you can dodge cancer you can dodge a dodgeball
Maybe spending too much time with Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky, the most dangerous women on the planet
Good news. I like him. His movies make me and the kids laugh.
A PSA (prostate specific antigen) test is a simple blood test. All men over the age of 50 should have one regularly. They can do great things now if they get it early enough. Well done Mr Stiller.
@Deborah Behan: So you don’t need a finger up your bum anymore? Happy days.
Deborah the problem with PSA testing is that normal levels don’t always exclude cancer and elevated levels don’t always mean cancer. This is highlighted in the article. Thus it is not conclusive if all men should be screened because it leads to a lot of testing, some of which is invasive, and many of these tests will be completed on people that don’t turn out to have prostate cancer. Hence the best advice is included in the article, ie from age 50 discuss with doctor. This is all complicated by the fact that prostrate cancer is quite common, and in many cases slow growing. Indeed most men with prorate cancer do not die from it.
Never rated him much as an actor but he’s to be commended for fighting this and making it public.
Always liked his movies a lot. Great news
Get that finger up yer bum early gents!
@Barton Hobbes: A doctors or E.T’s. as the blood test would be more reliable?
I heard that in men that the risk of getting this cancer is the same as your age, so someone 31 has a 31% chance of getting it and a man of 62 has a 62% chance of getting it, I do not know if this is 100% fact but interesting. It is believed taking a daily amount of zinc can help prevent this cancer but another one to look into?
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Excellent scientific research!
Apparently pleasuring yourself prevents male prostate cancer.
I wonder was this caused by the time he zipped up his pants the wrong way?
I like him! Check out ‘Permanent Midnight’
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