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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 5 Mar 1997

Vol. 475 No. 8

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

John O'Donoghue

Question:

185 Mr. O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice the number and names of persons appointed to boards, committees, commissions or subcommittees under the aegis of her Department; the remuneration attached to each position; the expenses incurred by each member including travel and subsistence to date for every member of each relevant body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6294/97]

The information in relation to the current membership of the boards, committees, and sub-committees at present operating under the aegis of my Department and the payments and expenses which such persons have received since 16 December 1994 is set out in the following tabular statement. In the case of all officials, an indication is given of the Department or office represented.

Name of Board, Committee, Commissions and Sub- Committees

Current Membership

Remuneration attaching to each position

Travel and subsistence paid since 16-12-94

£

Interim Board of the Land Registry and Registry of Deeds

Joseph Moran (Chairman)Anthony SpollenTadhg HumphriesOliver Fehily

Chairman £6,000 per year. All other members (except Dept. of Justice Official) £4,000 per year.

——1,130.00—

Pat Moran

1,333.00

Joan Carmichael

Dept. of Justice Representative

Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee

Maureen GillenNuala Fennell

No remuneration payable.

232.881,064.07

Mavis Arnold

Tom Leyden

5,448.16

Peter Counihan

James Woulfe

9,545.95

Councillor Michael Bourke

4,766.21

James Ivers

7,094.29

Jack O'Farrell

Brian Comiskey

Aidan Culhane

Carmel Stewart

Wheatfield Place of Detention Visiting Committee

Fidelma CollinsPadraig O'Sullivan

No remuneration payable.

7,248.104,005.42

Michael Conroy

4,776.31

Pat Creed

3,547.41

Frank Feerey

3,170.21

Sean O'Callaghan

4,198.41

Margaret Vaughan

1,644.48

Mary Forrest

724.20

Frank McDermott

2,059.39

Laurie Ennis

1,644.17

John Burns

1,042.04

Cllr. P. J. Hourican

4,708.97

Shanganagh Castle Visiting Committee

Francis CorcoranAnn Reid Kelly

No remuneration payable.

6,460.19—

Mairin de Burca

66.04

Steve Nalty

144.33

Elaine Bally

Jim Kelly

Mr. Terry Slowey

404.10

James Cooney

818.72

Nancy Mahony

38.88

Marie Louise Colbert

29.90

Frank Leddin

618.03

Humphrey Counihan

St. Patrick's Institution Visiting Committee

Jean TanseyFrank Hourican

No remuneration payable.

401.404,701.97

James Tully

2,122.13

Joan Downey

2,274.27

Lil O'Connor

Andrew Coleman

1,614.03

Mike Billane

Colette Fennelly

270.96

Marie Grogan

51.24

Mick Dollard

Liam Barrett

979.13

Edel Lyons

Loughan House Visiting Committee

Brid HessionCaroline Brady

No remuneration payable.

3,768.701,696.30

Andrew Cullen

615.16

Jim Courtney

639.20

John Keaney

139.65

Kathleen Richey

Eamon Dolan

145.39

Freddie Nixon

118.59

Peadar Markey

726.78

Eddie Feeley

406.25

Sheila Brennan

653.63

Training Unit Visiting Committee

David KennyDan Browne

No remuneration payable.

3,212.70448.18

Peter Burke

15.96

John Donnellan

3,148.81

Angela O'Connor

260.31

Tras Honan

3,834.19

Kathleen Flanagan

31.92

Tom Crotty

352.05

Kathleen Diamond

6,586.90

Maighread Costello

1,163.50

Emer Malone

Bobby O'Connell

Arbour Hill Prison Visiting Committee

Ann ConnollyRichard Hourigan

No remuneration payable.

370.942,469.81

Les O'Connor

Mary Egan

2,262.01

Tracey Donoghue

John White

Jim Sheridan

957.04

Elaine Cluskey

Tom Randles

1,207.08

Dermot Flynn

William Burke

Mairead Hayes

351.89

Fort Mitchel Visiting Committee

Seamus DalyPaddy McHugh

No remuneration payable.

4,653.976,370.42

Kathleen Woulfe

522.92

Richard (Dick) Fitzgerald

703.34

John Healy

177.36

Stella Meade

Tadg Curtis

202.16

Tom Cashman

48.46

Dan Morrissey

122.15

Denis Kelly

1,079.95

Ms Pat Kelly

311.58

Tom Gray

229.83

Cork Prison Visiting Committee

Mary Green McGoldrickPeter Cassidy

No remuneration payable.

5,312.476,069.88

John O'Neill

3,983.38

Father Michael Ryan

Ms Pat McHugh

757.68

Derek Mulcahy

475.92

Thomas Murray

532.00

John Gannon

1,196.30

Mary Gaffney

1,196.30

Pádraig McGarrigle

Miriam Kirwan

Liam Duggan

Limerick Prison Visiting Committee

Michael DohertyCllr. Matt Callaghan

No remuneration payable.

6,194.16513.09

Cllr. Sean Broderick

599.49

Peter O'Flaherty

Olive O'Sullivan

679.04

Catherine Clancy

618.56

Jane Murphy

1,679.92

Michael Fahy

3,886.51

Victor Kiernan

1,598.95

Noelle Dason

Sean Flanagan

Patricia Kelly

Portlaoise Prison Visiting Committee

Noel BurkeAnn Mansoor

No remuneration payable.

1,097.11530.67

Martin Rohan

351.12

Joe Digan

672.98

James Cooney

316.40

Ven. H. M. J. Gray

255.36

Michael Connor Scarteen

1,331.82

Patricia Condron

249.35

Francis Noel Chambers

1,285.00

Ernie McGuire

712.74

Mary Brady

304.81

Miriam McClean

Shelton Abbey Visiting Committee

Bernie RedmondVincent Blake, Snr.

No remuneration payable.

251.57—

Tommie Healy

149.81

Breda Hobbs

228.96

Lilly Penston

Paddy Kavanagh

43.89

Sean Wolohan

Mary Woods

965.12

Mrs. Lailli de Buitlear

247.68

Bernard McGuinness

797.72

Nuala Murphy

791.03

Kevin Ryan

The Curragh Place of Detention Visiting Committee

Majella DuaneMargaret ClinceAdrian Kane

No remuneration payable.

———

Jimmy Burke

Pascal Plant

Nuala Ryan

John Fagan

Michael McGrael

Andy Shirran

Tommy Cullen

1,404.52

Mary O'Sullivan

Audrey Goggins

Castlerea Place of Detention Visiting Committee

Veronica CawleyEddie Brady

No remuneration payable.

——

Hugh Keane

Helena McAuliffe Ennis

Rhoda McGowan

Christy Gorman

Kieran Madigan

Dympna O'Regan

Anthony Cahill

John Gerard Campbell

Jim Nally

Dick O'Reilly

Advisory Committee on the detention in the Central Mental Hospital of persons found guilty of but insane

Committee 1Mr. John Hedigan SC (Chairman)Dr. John OwensDr. John McCurdy

Chairman £1,250 per application plus £300 per day.

—1,087.37—93.10

Committee 2Dr. Kenneth SinananDr. Michael CaseyMary Irvine

Consultant Psychiatrist £1,000 per application plus £250 per day.General Practitioner £1,000 per application plus £200 per day.

———

Disciplinary Tribunal provided for by section 6 (as inserted by section 16 of Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994) of the Solicitors Act, 1954.

Pauline CoonanMary MorrisSean McCarthyJacqui O'DowdMaria O'Brien

No remuneration payable.

Under the provisions of the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 1994 the Law Society is required to pay reasonable travel and subsistence expenses.

Working Group on a Courts Commission

Mrs. Justice Susan DenhamMr. Justice Ronan Keane

No remuneration payable.

——

Judge Kevin O'Higgins

Judge Catherine McGuinness

Judge Peter Smithwick

Mr. Justice Anthony J. Hederman

Ken Murphy

James Nugent SC

Ken Wright

John Rogers

Roisin McDermott

Kevin Duffy

Dept. of Justice representatives (3)

Dept. of Justice representative

Attorney General's Office

Representative

District Court Rules Committee

Judge Peter Smithwick, President of the District Court

No remuneration payable.

——

James McCormack

Judge John P. Brophy

Judge John F. Garavan

Judge John P. Clifford

Judge Gillian Hussey

Deirdre Kennedy

Gerard Griffin

Sean McMullin

Judicial Appointments Advisory Board

The Hon. Mr. Justice Liam HamiltonThe Hon. Mr. Justice Declan Costello

No remuneration payable.

——

The Hon. Mr. Justice Francis Spain

Judge Peter A. Smithwick, President of the District Court

——

Dermot Gleeson S.C., Attorney General

James Nugent S.C.

Thomas Shaw

Jennifer Guinness

Evelyn Owens

John McGilligan

Censorship of Publications Board

James Ridge, B.L., ChairmanPatrick Fitzgerald, B.L.

No remuneration payable.

——

Kay Ryan

John Fanagan

Philomena Donnely

Censorship of Publications Appeal Board

In the process of being appointed.

No remuneration payable.

Censorship of Films Appeal Board

John Carroll (Chairman)Rev. Cecil Albert Faull

No remuneration payable.

124.64471.20

Joe Mulrooney

1,683.45

Mona McGarry

694.75

Eugene Phelan

1,378.00

Edward McDonald

35.73

Rev. John Dardis

Phil Brady

Mary Burke-King

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal

James Nugent S.C., ChairmanMary Flannery

£40 per case decided by a single member.

——

Roslyn Moran TruetzschlerJohn O'Donnell

£145 for sitting on a three member appeal hearing.

—1,812.13

Catherine MurphyPatricia MoranJoseph Hogan

£168 if chairing such a three member appeal hearing.£1,122 per annum to the Chairman to the Tribunal.

————

Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests

The Hon. Mr. James McMahonPeter Donald Maziere Prentice

No remuneration payable.

——

Rt. Rev. James Ardle McMahon

Cecil Garrett Walker

John Garvey

Colm Gaynor

The Hon. Miss Justice Mella Carroll

The Hon. Mr. Justice Francis D. Murphy

The Hon. Mr. Justice Declan Budd

Venerable Gordon C.S. Linney

Judge Mary Laffoy

Sentence Review Group

Mary Kotsonouris, Chairperson

£4,000 per year

1,611.46

Gisella Whyte

£2,500 per year

2,014.49

Dr. Charles Smith

Dr. Dermot Walsh

Alice Leahy

£2,500 per year

152.18

Frank Crummey

£2,500 per year

713.42

Dept. of Justice Representative

Probation and Welfare Service Representative

——

——

Probation and Welfare Service Official (alternate)

Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee

Michael Ó CuinneagáinUinsionn Ó Gruagáin

No remuneration payable.

——

Andrias Óg Ó Caoimh

Padraig Ó hUiginn

Cormac ÓDúlacháin

Malachy J. O'Kane

Máire Bean de Róiste

Registration of Title Rules Committee

Judge Mella CarrollCatherine Treacy

No remuneration payable.

——

Rory McEntee

James Dwyer

Garda Promotion Advisory Council

Deputy Comm. P. J. MoranC/Supt. E. Cussen

No remuneration payable.

——

C/Supt. R. V. Kelly

C/Supt. E. Keating

Supt. J. Clifford

Sgt. George Maybury

Breege O'Donoghue

Moore McDowell

Dept. of Justice Representative

Garda Síochána Complaints Board

Seamus McKenna, S.C. (Chairman)Assist. Commissioner James McHughElizabeth Lovatt-DolanGordon HolmesEdward McEllinPaul Butler, S.C.Mary ComerMichael CrowleySeán Glennon

Chairman £4,000 per year. All other members £2,500 per year (exept Garda representative). Daily fee of £130 payable in respect of Tribunal Sittings to ordinary members (other than Garda Representative).

—————————

Garda Síochána Complaint Appeal Board

Judge Matthew Deery (Chairperson)Inge ClissmanEnda Marren

No remuneration payable. £150 per sitting is payable to Board members (except Chairman).

————

Steering Committee on Audio and Audio/Video Recording of Garda Questioning of Suspects

Judge Esmond Smyth (Chairman)Patrick GagebyMichael StainesProfessor James Lacey

No remuneration payable. Expenses of £735 incurred.

————

Helen Heffernan

Assist Commissioner James McHugh

Det. Supt. John McElligott

Representatives from Dept. of Justice (2)

Representative from DPP's Office

Review Committee to examine Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts, 1941 and 1945

Mr. Bill FieldsDr. John McCurdySupt. Aidan KilloranMr. P.J. Stone

No remuneration payable.

————

Mr. George Maybury

Representatives from Departments of Justice,

Finance, Chief State Solicitor's Office and

Attorney General's Office

Advisory Group on investment-based naturalisation

Representatives from the Departments of Justice, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Enterprise and Employment and Forbairt

No remuneration payable.

———

Committee on Court Practice and Procedure

The Hon. Mr. Justice John J. BlayneyMr. Justice Robert Barr

No remuneration payable.

——

Judge Peter Smithwick

Judge Frank Spain

Richard L. Nesbitt

John Fitzpatrick

Peter Kelly

Patrick G. McMahon

Gerard Hogan

James Tunney

Joseph McPeake

Marion McGennis

Criminal Law Advisory Group

George BirminghamPeter Charleton

No remuneration payable.

——

Pat McCarthy

Mary Ellen Ring

Anne Fitzgerald

341.89

Brendan Heneghan

Valerie Cronin

Robert Sheehan

Prof. Barry McAuley

Jim Woods

Supt. Gerry Blake

Dept. of Justice Representative

Prison Service Operating Cost Review Group

Declan Brennan,ChairmanGovernors (2)Chairman, Representatives fromDepartments of Justice and Finance, Prisons,POA, ICTU, IBEC, ESB and Guinness.

No remuneration payable.

———

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