AQW 23022/22-27


Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim


Tabled Date: 20/02/2025
Answered On Date: 14/04/2025
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) a list all of public appointments made by the Executive Office; (ii) the tenure of these positions; and (iii) any action being taken to ensure the continuity of these appointments at renewal.


Answer:
We are responsible for the appointment of a significant and diverse range of public appointments. These are listed, together with the associated tenure status, in the table below.
Public appointments are complex and lengthy processes. Extensive planning takes place far in advance of the end of appointment terms to mitigate against vacancies occurring, insofar as this is possible. Where positions are listed as currently vacant, active processes are in place. TEO’s Central Appointments Unit will monitor the position on an ongoing basis.
Arm’s Length Body
Position
Expiry/Status of Current Term
NI Climate Commissioner
Commissioner
Inaugural appointment
The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC)
5 Lay Member Commissioners
1 x vacant position
1 x term expires June 2025
3 x term expires May 2026
The Strategic Investment Board (SIB)
Chair
Vacant
Non Executive Directors
2 x Vacant
 
4 x term expires September - October 2025
Community Relations Council
Chair
Term expires: 31st May 2027
Board Members
50% board: term expires 30th November 2025
 
50% board term expires 31st May 2027
Truth Recovery Independent Panel
2 co-Chairs, 5 expert members, 3 victim and survivors’ members
Term expires: October 2025
Truth Recovery Redress Service
Vacant – posts not yet established
2 non-judicial members
The Office of Identity and Cultural Expression
Director
Inaugural appointments
5 other members
The Irish Language Commissioner
Irish Language Commissioner
Inaugural appointment
The Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition
Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition
Inaugural appointment
Commission for Victims and Survivors
Commissioner
Vacant
Victims & Survivors Service
Chair
Chair
7 Board Members
3 board positions vacant
 
4 board members term expire October 2026 and August/September 2027
Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse
Commissioner
Term expires: December 2025
Maze Long Kesh Development Corporation (MLKDC)
Chair
Vacant
Board Members
6 board positions vacant
 
4 board members term expires October 2028
Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland (NICCY)
Commissioner
Term expires: September 2027
Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland (COPNI)
Commissioner
Term expires: April 2029
Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland (CPANI)
Commissioner
Vacant
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI)
Ombudsman
Term expires: July 2026