Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 5 Mar 1997

Vol. 475 No. 8

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

John O'Donoghue

Question:

72 Mr. O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [6291/97]

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Spring)

There are five boards-committees that come under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affairs. They are: agency for personal service overseas; cultural relations committee; Irish aid advisory committee; the national committee for development education; the refugee agency.

Agency for Personal Service Overseas (APSO)

There are 11 members of the APSO board. There is no remuneration attached to any of the positions on the APSO board and no costs have been incurred by any member of this board. The names of the members of the APSO board are as follows:

1. Dr. Anthony Clare

2. Fr. Des McGillicuddy

3. Mr. Paul Cullen

4. Mr. Howard Dalzell

5. Mr. Martin Greene

6. Mr. Robin Hanan

7. Ms Mary Sweeney

8. Ms Anne Connolly

9. Ms June Carr

10. Ms Mairead Hayes

11. Ms Maeve Healy

Cultural Relations Committee (CRC)

There are 18 members of the CRC. There is no remuneration attached to any of the positions on the CRC. Eight members of the CRC have received travel and subsistence expenses at a total cost of £3,901.71. The names of the members of the CRC and a breakdown of the costs involved are as follows:

1. Brendan Kennelly	Expenses	£20.00
2. John Behan
3. Siobhán Bourke
4. Paul Brady
5. Cecily Brennan	Expenses	£902.28
6. Terence Brown
7. Ann Deeney	Expenses	£477.60
8. T.V. Honan	Expenses	£375.38
9. Fionnuala Hunt
10. Alf MacLochlainn	Expenses	£32.00
11. Jackie McKenna	Expenses	£850.23
12. Emer McNamara	Expenses	£732.28
13. Chris Meehan
14. Peter Murray
15. Doireann Ní Bhriain	Expenses	£511.94
16. Micheál O'Siadhail
17. Patricia Quinn
18. Liz Sharkey

Irish Aid Advisory Committee (IAAC)

There are 14 members of IAAC. There is no remuneration attached to any of the positions on IAAC and no costs have been incurred by any member of this committee. The names of the members of IAAC are as follows:

1. Prof. John Kelly

2. Ms Deirdre Farrell

3. Mr. Niall Toibin

4. Mr. Noel McDonagh

5. Mr. Paddy McGuckian

6. Mr. Michael O'Donnell

7. Mr. John O'Shea

8. Mr. Howard Dalzell

9. Mr. John Gogan

10. Mr. Sean Byrne

11. Ms Margaret Fitzgerald

12. Mr. Tony Fahey

13. Ms Gretchen Fitzgerald

14. Ms Sylda Langford

National Committee for Development Education (NCDE)

There are 22 members of the NCDE. There is no remuneration attached to any of the positions on NCDE. Three members of this committee have received travel and subsistence expenses at a total cost of £3,525.99. The names of the members of the NCDE and a breakdown of the costs involved are as follows:

1. Mr. Liam Wegimont	Expenses	£902.36
2. Mr. Tom O'Connor
3. Mr. Tom Curran
4. Ms Mary Quinlan
5. Mr. Sean MacNamara
6. Mr. David Joyce
7. Ms Anne Webster
8. Ms Fiona Dunne	Expenses	£720.53
9. Mr. John Grindle
10. Mr. Michael O'Sullivan
11. Dr. Colm Regan
12. Mr. Albert O'Ceallaigh
13. Prof. Helen O'Neill
14. Ms Cris Mulvey
15. Ms Mary O'Sullivan
16. Ms Helen Cole
17. Mr. Peadar Crowley	Expenses	£1,903.10
18. Ms Anne Fitzpatrick
19. Ms Heike Vornhagen
20. Mr. Kevin Kelly
21. Mr. Colm McGrady
22. Mr. Peter Finnegan

Board of the Refugee Agency

There are 15 members, including observers, on the Board of the Refugee Agency. There is no remuneration attached to any of the positions on the board of the Refugee Agency and no costs have been incurred by any member of this board. The names of the members of the board of the Refugee Agency are as follows:

1. Ms Iseult O'Malley

2. Mr. Tom Wright

3. Mr. Barry O'Hara

4. Ms Noreen O'Sullivan

5. Ms Mary Lally

6. Mr. Sean McGabhann

7. Mr. Jim Cantwell

8. Mr. Robert McLean

Observer Members

9. Mr. Philippe Lavanchy

10. Dr. Wendy Cox

11. Col. Jim Croke

12. Mr. David Keane

13. Sr. Phil Sinnot

14. Rev. Dermot Clifford

15. Ms Nadette Foley

The National Economic and Social Forum (NESF) is the only board which comes under the aegis of the Office of the Tánaiste. There are 48 members of the Forum. Salaries are payable in respect of three positions on the Forum. Those details are as follows:

Name	Post held	Salary
Maureen Gaffney	Chairperson	£33,988.00
Prof. Donal Dineen	Chairperson of Standing Committee	£7,000.00
Dr. Eileen Drew	Chairperson of Standing Committee	£7,000.00

Ten Members of the Forum have received travel and subsistence expenses at total costs of £10,938. The names of the members of the Forum and the costs involved are set out below:

1. Maureen Gaffney	Expenses	£2,248.00
2. Eithne Fitzgerald T.D.
3. Prof. Donal Dineen	Expenses	£4,650.00
4. Dr. Eileen Drew	Expenses	£676.00
5. Martin Cullen T.D.
6. Chris Flood T.D.
7. Tom Kitt T.D.
8. John O'Connor T.D.
9. Frances Fitzgerald T.D.
10. Joe Costello T.D.
11. Kathleen Lynch T.D.
12. Senator Willie Farrell
13. Senator Marian McGennis
14. Senator Paschal Mooney
15. Senator Bill Cotter
16. Senator Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
17. Senator Mary Kelly
18. Senator Cathy Honan
19. Senator Mary Henry
20. Paula Carey
21. Charlie Lennon
22. Patricia O'Donovan
23. Manus O'Riordan
24. Tom Wall
25. Mirette Corboy	Expenses	£813.00
26. David Croughan	Expenses	£131.00
27. Aebhric McGibney	Expenses	£120.00
28. Declan Madden
29. Aileen O'Donoghue
30. Mary Coleman
31. Ciarán Dolan
32. Monica Prenderville	Expenses	£1,627.00
33. Michael Slattery
34. Mervyn Wynn
35. Ursula Barry
36. Noreen Byrne
37. Cris Mulvey
38. Mike Allen
39. Brendan Butler
40. Niall Crowley	Expenses	£140.00
41. Mary Daniel
42. Eithne McNulty
43. Gearóid O'Maoilmhichíl
44. Breda Dunlea	Expenses	£105.00
45. Roger Acton
46. Jeanne Meldon
47. Fr. Seán Healy
48. Carmel Rouston	Expenses	£428.00

There are 33 alternates who occasionally attend meetings of the NESF. They receive no remuneration for this role and only two have received travel and subsistence expenses amounting to £969.00. The names of the alternates and a breakdown of the costs are as follows:

1. Brian O'Shea T.D.
2. Paul McGrath T.D.
3. Helen Keogh T.D.
4. Senator Brian Hayes.
5. Senator John Farrelly
6. Tommy Broughan T.D.
7. Trevor Sargent T.D.
8. Senator Fergal Quinn.
9. Senator Pat Meagher
10. Margaret Nolan
11. George Hennessy
12. Séamus O'Donoghue
13. Inex McCormack
14. Charlie Lennon
15. Aileen O'Donoghue
16. Caroline Jenkinson
17. Rosmarie Smith
18. Esther Cokram.
19. Peter Sands
20. Peter McCabe
21. Kitty Harlin
22. Tricia Balfe	Expenses	£247.00
23. Maria Hegarty
24. Fintan Farrell
25. Geraldine Glynn
26. Jim Murphy
27. Michael McDonagh
28. John Murphy
29. Sr. Brigid Reynolds
30. Anne Meehan
31. Janice Ranson	Expenses	£722.00
32. Jacqui Browne
33. Sheila Simons

There are four committees at present in the Office of the Tánaiste. They are:

1. Violence against Women

2. Freedom of Information

3. National Anti-Poverty Strategy

4. 2003 Special Olympics Bid Steering Group

Violence against Women

There are 23 members on this committee. No remuneration is paid to any member of this committee and only three members have received travel and subsistence expenses at a total cost of £467.24. The names of the members and a breakdown of the costs involved are as follows:

1. Eithne Fitzgerald T.D.
2. Julie O'Neill
3. Séamus Feely	Expenses	£311.98
4. Mary Higgins
5. Monica O'Connor
6. Noreen Byrne
7. Harry Ferguson	Expenses	£77.63
8. Mary Crilly
9. Eugene Davy
10. Padraig Greene	Expenses	£77.63
11. Louise Graham
12. Dr. Fidelma Savage
13. Dr. Claire McNicholas
14. Dr. Mary Sheehan
15. Dr. Emma Nelson
16. Richard Fennessy
17. Ruby Morrow
18. Liam Walsh
19. Michael Gleeson
20. Ann McGuiness
21. Frances Spillane
22. Michael Murray
23. Patrick Donnelly

Freedom of Information

There are 21 members on this committee. No remuneration or expenses have been paid to any member. The names of the members of this committee are as follows:

1. Peig Ní Chrualaoich

2. John Deeney

3. Brendan O'Callaghan

4. Mary O'Loughlin

5. Ger Banville

6. Alice O'Flynn

7. Declan Doyle

8. Tony Enright

9. Paul Murphy

10. Elizabeth Munro

11. P.J. Breen

12. Tríona Quill

13. Philip O'Reilly

14. John Haskins

15. John Neville

16. Michael Cunniffe

17. Paul Dillon

18. Silda Taylor

19. Gerry Dwyer

20. Julie O'Neill

21. Gerry Kearney

National Anti-Poverty Strategy

There are 21 members on this committee. No remuneration or expenses have been paid to any member. The names of the members of this committee are as follows:

1. Julie O'Neill

2. Senan Turnbull

3. Gerard Walker

4. Mike Allen

5. Sarah Craig

6. Michael Gogarty

7. Nill Crowley

8. Kerry Lawless

9. Germaine Lloyd

10. Esther Cockram

11. Seán Healy

12. Aebhric McGibney

13. Séamus Feely

14. Sean Halpin

15. Brendan Ward

16. Cormac Carey

17. Joe Mooney

18. Paul Fleming

19. Margaret Kelly

20. Kathleen Stack

21. Kieran Sheedy

2003 Special Olympics Bid Steering Group

There are 12 members on this committee. No remuneration is paid to any member and five members have received travel and subsistence expenses at a total cost of £4,867.85. The names of the members of this committee and a breakdown of the costs involved are as follows:

1. Julie O'Neill	Expenses	£1,412.29
2. Roy Dooney	Expenses	£1,022.21
3. Joe Cullen
4. Paddy Heffernan
5. Pat Shiel	Expenses	£457.00
6. Tim Quirke
7. Pat Wylie
8. Frances Flethcher
9. John Neary
10. Paddy O'Mahony
11. Cyril Freaney	Expenses	£1,292.86
12. Mary Davis	Expenses	£683.49