Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2006
803 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of his Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons’ fees of State bodies recently sanctioned by the Government. [27801/06]
View answerThe increase in fees for non-executive chairpersons of State bodies approved by the Government on 20 June 2006 applies, with effect from 1 January 2006, to the chairpersons of eleven of the bodies which comes under the aegis of my Department.
804 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of task forces which have been created by his Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period of existence since 1997. [27823/06]
View answerSome 34 task forces have been created in connection with the business of my Department since 1997. Details are set out in the following table.
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Taskforce Name |
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Chairing Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms and the Environment |
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Commission on the Private Rented Residential Sector |
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EU Water Framework Directive Implementation Group |
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Expert Panel on Pollution of Groundwater by Nitrates |
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Expert Steering Group on Dangerous Substances in Water |
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Fixed Asset Working Group |
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Forum for the Construction Industry |
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General Accounting Working Group |
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Gum Litter Taskforce |
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High level implementation group |
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Irish Heritage Trust Steering Group |
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Market Development Group |
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National Rural Water Monitoring Committee |
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National Strategy Group on Packaging Waste Recycling |
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National Waste Prevention Committee |
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North South Co-ordination Group for the Water Framework Directive |
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North South Technical Advisory Group on Water Quality |
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North South Working Group on Water Quality |
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Review Group on Rating Law |
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Shannon Callows Task force |
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Steering Group for the implementation of the recommendations of Branching Out — A New Public Library Service |
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Task Force on the Review of the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 1997 |
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Taskforce on EU Environmental Infringement |
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The Interdepartmental Task Force on the Integration of Local Government and Local Development Systems |
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The Lagarosiphon Task Force |
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Water Framework Directive Co-ordination Group |
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WEEE Taskforce |
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Working Group on Role of Local Authority Finance Function |
