Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 July 2015
227. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the annual savings to his Department and the bodies under its aegis in reducing all commercial semi-State bodies chief executive officers' pay by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26912/15]
View answerThe Voluntary Health Insurance Board (VHI) is the only Commercial semi-State body under the aegis of my Department. The VHI generates its income through its commercial activities. The total remuneration paid to its Chief Executive, including pension contribution, is included in the VHI's operating expenses each year.
The remuneration package of the Chief Executive forms part of his contract of employment and is sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. There would be no savings to my Department from such a proposal.
