Exchequer Savings

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 July 2013

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Questions (401, 412)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

401. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State Agency board fees were reduced by 25% under the aegis of his Department. [34465/13]

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

412. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board, to include the chair and board members, and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34518/13]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

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.