Departmental Appointments

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Questions (2)

Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

2 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Taoiseach all appointments made by him in the past 12 months; the persons appointed; the income received; the body to which they were appointed; the terms of office they will serve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46381/10]

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The Taoiseach

The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the table.

Name	Title	Body appointed to	Date of appointment	Term of Office	Salary since appointmentup to last pay date in November 2010
					€
Deirdre Gillane	Special Adviser to the Taoiseach	Taoiseach’s Special Adviser	31.05.10	Coterminous with the term of office of the Taoiseach	47,611
Padraig Slyne	Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip and Minister of State	Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip	24.03.10	Coterminous with the term of office of the Government Chief Whip	65,608
Nicola Stapleton	Personal Assistant to the Government Chief Whip and Minister of State	Personal Assistant to the Government Chief Whip	23.03.10	Coterminous with the term of office of the Government Chief Whip	29,277
Shauna Curran	Personal Secretary to the Government Chief Whip and Minister of State	Personal Secretary to the Government Chief Whip	23.03.10	Coterminous with the term of office of the Government Chief Whip	13,501
Maura Stynes	Personal Secretary to the Government Chief Whip and Minister of State	Personal Secretary to the Government Chief Whip	23.03.10	Coterminous with the term of office of the Government Chief Whip	13,723
Tony Donohoe, IBEC	Board member	National Economic and Social Council	January, 2010	*To Summer 2010	N/A
Mr Kevin Cardiff, Secretary General, Department of Finance	Board member	National Economic and Social Council	February, 2010	*To Summer 2010	N/A
Damian Callaghan Intel Capital	Chair of the Board	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Bernard Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, AIB	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Martin Kelly Partner, IBM VC Group	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Ray Nolan Software Entrepreneur	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Bernie Cullinan CEO Clarigen	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Helen Ryan CEO Creganna-Tactx Medical	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Hugh Brady President UCD	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A

Name	Title	Body appointed to	Date of appointment	Term of Office	Salary since appointmentup to last pay date in November 2010
					€
Professor Peter Clinch Special Economic Adviser to the Taoiseach	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
John Corrigan Chief Executive NTMA	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Professor Frank Gannon Director General SFI	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Barry O’Leary CEO IDA Ireland	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Frank Ryan CEO Enterprise Ireland	Board member	Innovation Fund-Ireland Advisory Board	July, 2010	N/A	N/A
Dr. Patricia O’Hara Chairperson National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA)	Board member	National Statistics Board	October, 2010	3 years	Stipend of 5,714
Professor Philip Lane Trinity College Dublin (TCD)	Board member	National Statistics Board	October, 2010	3 years	Stipend of 5,079
Fergal O’Brien Irish Business and Employer’s Confederation (IBEC)	Board member	National Statistics Board	October, 2010	3 years	Stipend of 5,079
Paul Sweeney Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)	Board member	National Statistics Board	October, 2010	3 years	Stipend of 3,809
Ciaran Dolan Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA)	Board member	National Statistics Board	October, 2010	3 years	None to date**
Michael J. McGrath Assistant Secretary Department of Finance	Board member	National Statistics Board	October, 2010	3 years	N/A
Gerry O’Hanlon Director General Central Statistics Office (CSO)	Board member	National Statistics Board	October, 2010	3 years	N/A

*The term of office of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) expired during Summer 2010. Nominations for a new Council have been received.

**Ciarán Dolan was appointed to the National Statistics Board (NSB) in October, 2010. In addition the Taoiseach formally made appointments in the Central Statistics Office in accordance with normal civil service arrangements.