The information required by the Deputy is contained in my replies to previous parliamentary questions, specifically: Question No. 41 of 7 May 1997; Question No. 58 of 25 March 1997; Question No. 36 of 12 March 1997; Question No. 69 of 5 March 1997; Question No. 83 of 22 January 1997; Question No. 67 of 25 June 1996 and; Question No. 109 of 20 February 1997. In addition, the following appointments have been made in respect of two new bodies established in the meantime.
The new Information Society Commission was established on 9 May 1997. The membership of the commission is as follows:
Ms Vivienne Jupp (Chairperson)
Ms Paula Carey
Mr. Dermot McCarthy
Dr. Eamonn G. Hall
Ms Barbara Patton
Mr. Seamus O'Canainn
Mr. Eugene Murray
Ms Selina Bonnie
Mr. Sean Corkery
Mr. Paul Kavanagh
Two further board members will be appointed shortly.
Details of the National Centre for Partnership will be announced today. The membership of the board will be as follows:
Ms Evelyn Owens (Chair)
Mr. Peter Cassells
Mr. John Dunne
Mr. John Hurley
Mr. Paul Haran
Ms Mary Doyle.