Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
979. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the agencies and State organisations under her Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees under the 2016 code of governance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40032/21]
View answerMy Department is guided in its reporting obligations by the terms and conditions laid down by Statute, including, where appropriate, Company Law, and the requirements of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s 2016 document – Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies – Business and Financial Reporting Requirements.
The Code of Practice sets out, inter alia, details of reporting requirements for state bodies. In regard to non-commercial State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the Code requires bodies to make the following disclosures, where they are applicable:
- The aggregate amount of total compensation paid to employees including employee numbers in whole time equivalent format
- The aggregate total compensation paid to employees split between salary, overtime and allowances,
- Details on CEO salary and benefits (and termination benefits if appropriate)
- the aggregate pay bill and total number of employees,
- details of the numbers of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding pension costs) for the reporting period fell within each pay band of €10,000 from €60,000 upwards and,
- an overall figure for total employer pension contributions in their annual report and/or financial statements
- a note on termination benefits to all staff should also be included with CEO termination benefits being kept separate.
My officials review the financial statements of aegis bodies, to ensure that the aegis bodies adhere to the appropriate stipulations of D/PER's Code of Practice.
