Departmental Bodies Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 March 2015

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Questions (194, 195)

Shane Ross

Question:

194. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the average age of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, of State bodies, of semi-State bodies and of State agencies under the aegis of his Department, on the State's payroll; the number of directors on the board of more than one such body; the number of women; and his plans to make savings from this area. [12556/15]

Shane Ross

Question:

195. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the total number of chairpersons and non-executive directors of State or partially owned State companies, of State bodies, of semi-State bodies and of State agencies under the aegis of his Department on the State's payroll; the total cost to the State from the pay-out to these non-executive directors including fees, travel and other expenditure; his plans to reduce the number of these chairpersons or directors. [12606/15]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 195 together.

Information in relation to the number of Chairpersons, the members of the Boards and the fees for each Board is set out in the table.

Agency/Body	Post	Number of board members	Remuneration
Dublin Docklands Development Authority	Chairperson	1	Nil
-	Member	7	€11,970
Housing Finance Agency	Chairperson	1	€11,970
-	Member	11	€7,695
Irish Water Safety	Chairperson	1	€8,978
-	Member	11	Nil
Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency	Chairperson	1	€11,970
-	Member	6	€7,695
Local Government Management Agency	Chairperson	1	Nil
-	Member	10	Nil
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee	Chairperson	1	€8,978
-	Member	11	Nil
Private Residential Tenancies Board/Rent Tribunal	Chairperson	1	*
-	Member	11	*
Western Development Commission	Chairperson	1	€ 8,978
-	Member	8	€ 5,985
Pobal	Chair	1	Nil
-	Members	14	-
An Bord Pleanála	Chairperson	1	Executive
-	Deputy Chair	1	Executive
-	-	-	Executive
-	Member	8	Executive
-	-	-	Executive
Environmental Protection Agency	Director General	1	Executive
-	-	-	-
-	Deputy Director General	1	Executive
-	Directors	4	Executive

Agency/Body	Post	Number of board members	Remuneration
Irish Water	Chairperson	1	Executive
-	Member	3	Executive
Pyrite Resolution Board	Chairperson	1	Nil
-	Member	3	**
National Oversight and Audit Commission	Chairperson	1	€11,970
-	Member	11	€7,695

* Those PRTB/Rent Tribunal members of the Board, who are entitled to Board fees, are paid such fees on an attendance basis only. Details regarding the scale of fees and the amounts paid are published in the annual reports of the PRTB.

** One member of the Pyrite Resolution Board is paid a fee of €200 per meeting subject to a maximum of €2,400 per annum.

Reference to remuneration for chairs and members of Boards relates to the level of fee to which they are entitled. Where public servants are appointed to Boards, no fees are payable.

From 1 May 2009, fees were reduced by 10% in line with the Government decision to revise the fees for non-executive Chairpersons and members of Boards of State Bodies. From 1 January 2010, fees were further reduced in line with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009. Details in relation to the expenses of Board members are also available within the respective annual reports.

There are 41 women on the Boards of the above agencies. My Department does not collect information relating to the age of members of Boards.

One member of staff represents my Department on two Boards. Two Chief Executives of local authorities are each members of two Boards.

My Department's agency modernisation/rationalisation programme has seen a significant reduction in the number of agencies, with further reductions planned for 2015 with the dissolution of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

Details regarding the number of agencies under the aegis of my Department which have been merged or abolished and the associated savings are contained in the Report on the Implementation of the Agency Rationalisation Programme published by my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, which is available at http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Agency-rationalisation.pdf.