Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 5 Mar 1997

Vol. 475 No. 8

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

John O'Donoghue

Question:

237 Mr. O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the number and names of persons appointed to boards, committees, commissions or subcommittees under the aegis of his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [6297/97]

Minister for Enterprise and Employment (Mr. R. Bruton)

The following table sets out the number and names and, where applicable, the remuneration of persons appointed to boards of State bodies under the aegis of my Department, since I became Minister for Enterprise and Employment.

Body	Number	Names of Members	Remuneration
Forfás		Mr. Tom Toner (Chairperson)	Chairperson: £6,000Members of Board: £4,000
		Mr. Peter Cassells
		Mr. Oliver Tattan
Forbairt	5	Ms Eileen O'Mara Walsh (Chairperson)	Chairperson: £6,000Members of Board: £4,000
		Mr. Niall Greene
		Mr. Kevin Norton
		Mr. Jimmy Somers
		*Mr. Michael McKenna
IDA Ireland	5	Mr. Garry Kennedy	Members of Board: £4,000
		Dr. Eleanor O'Higgins
		Professor Proinsias Breathnach
		Ms Bríd Horan
		*Mr. Ronald Long
SFADCo	7	Mr. Liam McElligott (Chairman)	Chairman: £6,000Members of Board: £4,000
		Michael Punch (previous Chairman)
		Mr. Brendan Dineen
		Mr. Tim Butler
		Ms Cynthia Carroll
		Dr. Edward Walsh
		Mr. Brian Murphy
Labour Relations Commission	7	Ms Catherine Forde (Chairperson)	Chairperson: £6,000Members of Board: £4,000
		Dr. Joyce O'Connor
		Dr. Mary Redmond
		Mr. Liam Downey
		Mr. Turlough O'Sullivan
		Mr. Kevin Duffy
		Mr. Jimmy Somers
Nítrigin Éireann Teoranta	7	*Mr. Philip Furlong	Members of Board: £2,500
		*Mr. Ronald Long
		Ms Sue Scott
		Mr. Liam Coughlan
		Ms Jackie Gilroy
		Mr. Pat Brady
		Mr. Pat McDaid
FÁS	1	Mr. Joe Morgan	Members of Board: £4,000
National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health	11	Ms Mary Buckley (Chairman) Mr. Tony Briscoe	Chairman £4,000Members of Authority: Nil
		Ms Grainne Higgins
		Mr. Patrick Walsh
		Mr. Sylvester Cronin
		Mr. Tom Wall
		Ms Lenore Mrkwicka
		Mr. Fergus McCafferty
		Ms Mary Slattery
		Ms Mary Darlington
		Mr. Eric Fleming
The Crafts Council of Ireland	3	Ms Terry Kelly (Chairperson)	Chairperson and Members:£15 per meeting
		Mr. Ed. Kevin
		Mr. Jonathan Ryan
Employment Appeals Tribunal	19	Chairperson:	Chairperson £265.33 per sitting
		Ms Mary Faherty, BA, LLB, BL	Vice-Chairpersons:£169.77 per sitting
		Vice-Chairpersons:
		Ms Moya Quinlan, Solicitor
		Mr. Dermot McCarthy, SC
		Mr. Peter J. O'Leary, BL
		Ms Iseult O'Malley, BL
		Ms Carmel Stewart, BL
		Mr. Joe Revington, BL
		Mr. Pat McCartan, Solicitor
		Ms Kathryn Hutton, BL
		Mr. Niall Beirne, BL
		Mr. Michael Howard, BL
		Mr. Connor Linehan, BL
		Ms Irene O'Higgins, BL
		Mr. Patrick J. McCarthy
		Ms Sarah Marie Berkeley, BL
		Mr. Paul Connellan, Solicitor
		Ms Karen O'Driscoll, BL
		Ms Bridget Reilly, LLB
		Mr. Dermot Sheehan, BL

(Those with * before their name receive no fee).

Travel and subsistence for the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of the Employment Appeals Tribunal listed above amounted to £34,805 in 1996.

Expenses incurred by members of the other boards listed above is a matter of day to day administration for the bodies concerned and one in which I have no function.

Because of the range of committees, commissions and sub-committees which operate under the aegis of my Department, it would require an inordinate amount of time and effort, which I do not consider to be justified, to provide the Deputy with all of the information requested by him.