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Questions— 14 February 2012. Written Answers
Statistical Data
107. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Taoiseach the number of persons over the age of 65
years in County Louth as of January 2012; if he will provide a gender breakdown of the figures;
and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7749/12]
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Paul Kehoe): The detailed
results of the 2011 Census of Population, which are due to be published at the end of March,
will include a breakdown of the population by age and county in April 2011. In the meantime,
the exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.
However, the annual Population and Migration Estimates include an estimate of the number
of persons aged 65 years and over in each Regional Authority area. These estimates are not
compiled at County level. The latest annual estimate for the Border Region (of which Louth
is part) is that there were 60,800 persons aged 65 or over in the region in April 2011: 28,600
men and 32,200 women. The annual estimates are subject to revision when the more detailed
Census results become available.
State Bodies
108. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Taoiseach the number of agencies, authorities, boards,
committees, working groups, tribunals, council services, task forces, agencies or other quangos
set up be him since February 2011; the number abolished since then; and if he will make a
statement on the matter. [7750/12]
The Taoiseach: No agencies, authorities, boards, committees, working groups, tribunals,
council services, task forces or other quangos were established or abolished by me since
February 2011.
Departmental Appointments
109. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach if he will list all appointments to State boards
and agencies made by him since he came to power; the persons appointed; the boards and
agencies to which they were appointed; the remuneration details of each appointment; and if
he will make a statement on the matter. [7829/12]
The Taoiseach: Details of the appointments I have made since coming into office on 9 March,
2011 are set out in the table. No remuneration is paid to persons in relation to the appointments
listed:
Appointments made by the Taoiseach since 9 March, 2011
Name Organisation Appointment made to the Date of
Appointment
Prof. Edgar Morgenroth Associate Research Professor, National Economic and Social June 2011
Economic and Social
Council
Research Institute
Prof. John McHale Economist, National National Economic and Social June 2011
University of Ireland,
Council
Galway
Prof. Mary Daly Department of Sociology, National Economic and Social June 2011
Social Policy and Social Council
Work, Queen’s University
Belfast
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