Semi-State Bodies Remuneration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 November 2016

Thursday, 17 November 2016

Questions (293)

Michael McGrath

Question:

293. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department, including the name of the organisation, the name of the chief executive, the amount of the top-up, the date of payment, and if the top-up was approved by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35883/16]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Defence

The only state body currently under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board which is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. The Army Pensions Board does not have a Chief Executive so the question of pension top ups does not arise.

In the years 2011-2012 two other state boards operated under the aegis of the Department of Defence – the Civil Defence Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. In the case of the Civil Defence Board it was headed up by a civil servant at Principal Officer level to whom relevant civil service pensions applied. During the years 2011 and 2012 the formal wind up Coiste an Asgard, including voluntary strike off with the Companies Registration Office, was being managed by staff of my Department and as such the question of a pension top up to a Chief Executive did not arise.