Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2023
393. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current members of Sport Ireland; the Minister who appointed each; and the current remuneration of each, in tabular form. [14031/23]
View answerDetails of the membership of all State Boards is available on the State Boards website. The names of current Sport Ireland Board members, along with their dates of appointment, expiry dates and the basis of their appointment are available at the following link: membership.stateboards.ie/en/board/Sport%20Ireland/
In all cases, the appointments were made by the relevant Minister with responsibility for sport at the date of appointment / reappointment.
In line with Government guidelines on fees payable to members of State boards, Sport Ireland is a Category 3 body. Board fees payable to members under this category are €11,970 per annum for the position of chairperson and €7,695 per annum for ordinary members. In addition, travelling and subsistence allowances can be payable, subject to the appropriate conditions, at the rates applicable to civil servants of the highest grade in relation to travel reasonably undertaken in relation to the appointment. Details of Board fees and allowances paid to board members are published in Sport Ireland’s annual accounts.
A PAS process to fill vacancies for the positions of Chairperson and two ordinary members of Sport Ireland has recently concluded and appointments to those positions will be announced shortly.
