Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 March 2012
519 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the position, salary, allowance and expenses paid to each of the employees of the Human Rights Commission and the National Disability Authority in 2011. [15798/12]
View answerIt has not been possible for the organisations concerned in the time available to compile figures for expenses as sought by the Deputy. I shall write to the Deputy when this information has been collated and made available to me. The remaining details requested by the Deputy are given in the following table. The salary details provided are the salary range applicable to the post.
|
Body |
Grade |
No. in Grade |
Salary ScaleMin — Max |
Allowances paid in 2011 |
Expenses paid in 2011 |
|
Irish Human Rights Commission |
CEO |
1(position vacant from January 2011) |
€134,523 — €153,885 |
Nil |
€7,169.27 |
|
Director |
2 |
€84,132 — €103,472(*) |
Nil |
€1,690.56 and €1,187.67 |
|
|
Senior Enquiry and Legal Services Officer |
1 |
€71,359 — €88,598(*) |
Nil |
€12.00 |
|
|
Senior Research and Policy Officer |
1 (on career break from June 2011) |
€65,185 — €80,678(*) |
Nil |
Nil |
|
|
Senior Human Rights Awareness Officer |
1 |
€65,185 — €80,678(*) |
Nil |
€73.90 |
|
|
Enquiry and Legal Services Officer |
1 |
€46,081 — €58,294(*) |
Nil |
Nil |
|
|
Administration, Finance and HR Officer |
1 |
€30,516 — €47,975(*) |
Nil |
Nil |
|
|
Desk Officer |
3 |
€23,177 — €37,341(*) |
Nil |
Nil |
|
|
National Disability Authority |
Principal Officer (higher scale) |
1 |
€85,597 — €105,429 |
0 |
€690.20 |
|
Principal Officer (standard) |
3 |
€84,132 — €103,472 |
0 |
€4,818.19 |
|
|
Assistant Principal Officer (higher scale) |
1 |
€71,359 — €88,598 |
0 |
Nil |
|
|
Assistant Principal Officer (standard) |
9 Full time and 3 Part time |
€65,185 — €80,678 |
€799.61 |
€7,059.64 |
|
|
Higher Executive Officer |
3 |
€46,081 — €58,294 |
0 |
€296.56 |
|
|
FAS Grade 8 |
1 Part time |
€34,049 — €55,315 |
0 |
Nil |
|
|
Admin and Clerical Grade VI |
2 |
€44,849 — €55,032 |
0 |
Nil |
|
|
Admin and Clerical Grade V |
1 |
€40,209 — €48,496 |
0 |
Nil |
|
|
Admin and Clerical Grade IV |
8 Full time and 2 Part time |
€28,330 — €42,891 |
0 |
€5.50 |
|
|
Admin and Clerical Grade III |
2 |
€23,187 — €37,341 |
0 |
Nil |
|
|
Porter |
1 |
€27,504 — €30,525 |
0 |
Nil |
|
|
Service Attendant |
1 |
€21,732 — €27,808 |
€1,860.29 |
Nil |
|
|
Security |
2 Part time |
€21,732 — €27,808 |
0 |
Nil |
(*) After 6 years satisfactory service at the maximum.
520 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in a tabular form, a breakdown of the number of members of the boards of the Human Rights Commission and the National Disability Authority, respectively, and their respective annual remuneration for 2011. [15799/12]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
|
Body |
Commissioner/ Boardmember |
Remuneration for 2011 (fees and expenses) |
|
Irish Human Rights Commission (see Note 1 below) |
Maurice Manning (President) |
salary (see Note 1 below) and expenses of €2,185.29 |
|
Michael Farrell |
€15,245.57 |
|
|
Olive Braiden |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
Robert Daly |
€16,200.77 |
|
|
Roger Sweetman |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
Rosemary Byrne |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
Suzanne Egan |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
Tom O’Higgins |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
William Binchy |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
Katherine Zappone |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
Lia O’Hegarty |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
Alice Leahy |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
Conleth Bradley |
Nil |
|
|
Gerard Quinn |
€15,094.00 |
|
|
Helen O’Neill |
€14,963.00 |
|
|
National Disability Authority (see Note 2) |
Peter McKevitt — Chair |
€9,580.40 |
|
Shane Hogan |
Nil |
|
|
Linda Grealy |
Nil |
|
|
James O’Grady |
€7,918.82 |
|
|
David Joyce |
€5,985.00 |
|
|
Frank Cunneen |
€5,985.00 |
|
|
Des Kenny |
€5,985.00 |
|
|
Joanne McCarthy |
€5,985.00 |
|
|
Fiona Duignan |
€5,985.00 |
|
|
Tony Bates |
€5,985.00 |
|
|
Mary Lavelle |
€5,985.00 |
|
|
Tara Cunningham |
€7,474.79 |
|
|
Caroline Burrell |
€6,297.28 |
Note 1: The President's salary is set at High Court Judge level (€243,080 per annum) and was voluntarily reduced to €199,000 in 2011. The fees for members of the Human Rights Commission in 2011 were €14,963 per annum, paid quarterly in arrears. Fees paid in 2011 included payment in January 2011 for the 4th quarter, 2010. Fees in respect of the period 20 December 2011 to 31 December 2011 for the Commissioners reappointed in December 2011 (Helen O'Neill, Conleth Bradley and Roger Sweetman) will be paid in the first quarter, 2012 and the annual rate is now €7,695.
Note 2: Board fees and expenses for the National Disability Authority in respect of 2011 were paid in two instalments, in June 2011 and in January 2012.
