I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 412 together. In response to the Deputy’s questions I can only provide information on behalf of my Department only but I understand a copy has already been submitted to other Departments in the meantime. The following table gives a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board under the aegis of my Department in 2012:
State Board
|
Number of Members
|
Name of Member
|
Fees Paid
|
Expenses Paid
|
Civil Service Arbitration Board - Civil Service, Defence Forces, Gardaí and Teachers Arbitration Boards
|
6
|
John Doherty, Chairperson
|
€552 per day wef 1 July 2013
|
Nil
|
|
|
Gerard Barry
|
€392 per day wef 1July 2013
|
Nil
|
|
|
Tom Wall
|
€4,346 per annum wef 1 July 2013, for 11 sitting days
|
Nil
|
|
|
George Maybury
|
€392 per annum wef 1 July 2013
|
Nil
|
|
|
Hugh Flaherty
|
€392 per annum wef 1 July 2013
|
Nil
|
|
|
Brendan Duffy, Adjudicator
|
€295 wef 1 July 2013
|
Nil
|
National Lottery Board
|
7 (6 Serving)
|
Donal Connell
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
|
Dermot Griffin
|
€11,000
|
€6,911
|
|
|
Micheál Ó’ Muircheartaigh
|
€12,600
|
Nil
|
|
|
Oliver Wilkinson
|
€12,600
|
Nil
|
|
|
Caroline Murphy
|
€12,600
|
Nil
|
|
|
Peter Quinn
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
|
James Hyland
|
Nil
|
€3,165
|
Public Appointments Service
|
9 (2 vacancies at present)
|
Eddie Sullivan, Chairman
|
€11,970
|
Nil
|
|
|
Des Dowling, Assistant Secretary – Dept of Environment, Community and Local Government
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
|
Dr. Deirdre O’Keeffe, Assistant Secretary – Dept of Justice & Equality
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
|
Patricia Coleman, Director – Dept of Public Expenditure & Reform (resigning from Board)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
|
Seán McGrath – National Director of HR in the HSE (resigned and replaced by)
Barry O’Brien – National Director of HR in the HSE in September 2012
|
Nil
Nil
|
Nil
Nil
|
|
|
Judith Eve – former Chairperson of the Civil Service Commissioners, Northern Ireland
|
€7,695
|
€286.99 (in respect of travel from Belfast for Board meetings)
|
|
|
Dr. Eddie Molloy – Management Consultant
|
€7,695
|
Nil
|
|
|
Dan Murphy – former General Secretary of the PSEU
|
€7,695
|
Nil
|
|
|
Bryan Andrews as CEO of the PAS held office on an ex officio basis
(replaced by)
Fiona Tierney, CEO, PAS in March 2012
|
Not paid as Board members – part of CEO role
|
Nil
Nil
|
Outside Appointments Board
|
5 in total, (1 vacancy at present)
|
Robert Watt – Secretary General Dept of Public Expenditure and Reform
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
|
Martin Frazer – Secretary General Dept of An Taoiseach
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
|
Breege O’Donoghue
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
|
Peter Malone
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
The annual saving to the Exchequer if all of the above State Agency board fees were reduced by 25% would amount to €2,590.75.