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Independent Prison Monitoring Board: Appointments

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A decision made on 7 December 2021

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-HA-2021-0086

Decision Date: 17 November 2021

DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Appointments to the Independent Prison Monitoring Board

DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:

Private Secretary

IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT?  (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)

Public

REPORT TITLE: Appointments to the Independent Prison Monitoring Board

REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT:  (if different from Decision  Summary Author)

Private Secretary

IS THE REPORT PUBLIC OR EXEMPT  (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)

Public

DECISION AND REASON FOR THE DECISION:

The Minister for Home Affairs appointed Norma O’Sullivan, Edgar Dingle, David Wilton and Elliot Perry as members of the Independent Prison Monitoring Board (IPMB), and appointed Andrea John as Chairperson and Norma O’Sullivan as Deputy Chairperson of the Board.

 

The Prison (Independent Monitoring Board) Regulations 2017 require the Minister to appoint the members of the Monitoring Board and must appoint from the membership of the Monitoring Board a chairman and a deputy chairman.

 

Due to vacancies in the Board’s membership a recruitment process was undertaken earlier this year for Board members and Norma O’Sullivan, Edgar Dingle and Elliot Perry have subsequently been appointed.

 

Further to the former Chairperson’s indication that she wished to resign, the Minister invited members of the Board to submit expressions of interest in the Chair and Deputy Chair positions.  The Minister is pleased to appoint Andrea and Norma to these positions.

 

RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS:  None as a result of this decision.

 

ACTION REQUIRED:  The Minister to write and confirm the appointments

 

 

SIGNATURE:

 

 

 

POSITION:

 

Deputy Gregory Guida

Minister for Home Affairs

DATE SIGNED:

EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION:

 

 

 

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