§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majsty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 7 November (WA 171), whether a new board member was appointed to the Ulster Scots Agency; whether arrangement was made for the appointment of a chief executive not agreed by the North/South Ministerial Council; and, if so, when.[HL397]
§ Lord Williams of MostynThe North/South Ministerial Council approved the appointment of a new member to the board of the North/South Language Body, in accordance with Annex 2, Part 5, paragraph 2.8 of the North/South Implementation Bodies Agreement, made between the British and Irish Governments on 8 March 1999, at a meeting in the Language Sector held on 7 December 2001. The person appointed has responsibility for the functions of the body in relation to Ullans and Ulster-Scots cultural issues through the Ulster-Scots Agency.
With regard to the arrangement for appointment of a chief executive, I refer the noble Lord to the Answer given on 6 November (WA 119).
§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the interim chief executive of the Ulster-Scots Agency prepared a chief executive's job description during 2000; who else was involved in its preparation; and to whom was it forwarded. [HL418]
§ Lord Williams of MostynIt was agreed by the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel and the Department of Finance in the Republic of Ireland that an exercise should be carried out by the Business Development Service (BDS), DFP to evaluate the grading level and salary scale for the chief executive posts in all the North/South bodies. As part of that exercise BDS interviewed the interim chief executives and drew up a job description to assist them 173WA in the evaluation. The outcome of the evaluation, including the job descriptions were forwarded to the two Finance Departments and the relevant sponsoring departments.