Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 September 2014
338. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the changes made to such remuneration in the past two years; the remuneration package for each acting CEO if such exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35942/14]
View answerThere are three agencies which are currently funded by the Exchequer through my Department's vote. These are the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Child and Family Agency and the Ombudsman for Children's Office. Up to 31st December 2013 my Department also funded the Family Support Agency and the National Educational Welfare Board. With the establishment of the Child and Family Agency on 1st January 2014 the Family Support Agency and the National Educational Welfare Board ceased to exist, and their roles were subsumed into the Child and Family Agency.
With effect from 1 January 2012, my Department has also taken responsibility for the Children Detention Schools as provided in Part 10 of the Children Act 2001.
There are two agencies under the remit of my Department which have Chief Executive Officer positions. These are the Child and Family Agency and the Adoption Authority of Ireland. There are no acting CEOs.
I have set out in tabular format below the current remuneration payable to the Chief Executive Officers of the bodies under the aegis of my Department. While there are no CEO positions in the Children Detention Schools, there are two Director positions which I have included in the table below. Furthermore the Ombudsman for Children, as the head of the Office, is also included for information purposes.
|
Agency |
Remuneration of CEO |
Changes to remuneration package in the last two years |
|
Child and Family Agency |
€170, 734 |
No changes. The first CEO to the newly established Child and Family Agency was appointed on 1 January, 2014 |
|
Adoption Authority of Ireland |
€100, 054 |
The new CEO was appointed on 1 September 2014. This post was re-graded from Assistant Secretary level to Director level with considerable consequential savings to the exchequer. |
|
Children Detention Schools |
€83,459 & €89, 476 |
No changes to remuneration package |
|
Ombudsman for Children |
€119,572 |
No changes to remuneration package |
