Exchequer Savings

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Questions (430)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

430. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members fees, non commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi State companies, under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39280/13]

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Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn)

The table contains information in respect of those bodies currently under the aegis of my Department which are paid fees namely:

- Commission into Child Abuse

- Foras Áiseanna Saothair

- Grangegorman Development Agency

- Higher Education Authority

- Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB)

- Residential Institutions Review Committee (RIRC)

- Skillnets Ltd

Agency Name (and Website Address)	Remuneration/Fees Applicable in 2013	Remuneration/Fees Applicable in 2013	Remuneration/Fees Applicable in 2013 with 25% reduction applied	Remuneration/Fees Applicable in 2013 with 25% reduction applied
-	Chairperson	Ordinary Member	Chairperson	Ordinary Member
Commission into Child Abuse www.childabusecommission.ie	See Note 1	See Note 1	See Note 1	See Note 1
Foras Áiseanna Saothair www.fas.ie	€20,520	€11,790	€15,390	€8,843
Grangegorman Development Agency www.ggda.ie	€8,978	€0	€6,734	€0
Higher Education Authority www.hea.ie	€11,970	€7,695	€8,978	€5,771
Residential Institutions Redress Board RIRB) www.rirb.ie	See Note 2	See Note 2	See Note 2	See Note 2
Residential Institutions Review Committee (RIRC) See RIRB website	See Note 2	See Note 2	See Note 2	See Note 2
Skillnets Ltd www.skillnets.ie	€8,978	€5,985	€6,734	€4,489

Note 1: The Chairperson of the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse (CICA) is a member of the Judiciary and is not paid by the CICA. The ordinary members of the Commission, who were all salaried are not currently on the payroll.

Note 2: The Chairman of the RIRB is paid an annual salary equivalent to a serving President of the Circuit Court subject to abatement to take account of his pension.

In relation to the RIRC, the Chairman's salary is linked to his former Supreme Court judicial salary subject to pension abatement. Since October 2011, the Chairman has taken a 50% voluntary reduction in his salary.

The other board members of both the RIRB and the RIRC are paid a per diem rate and pension abatement applies in the case of members receiving a pension from the State. The per diem rate from 1st January 2011 is €668.