State Bodies

Tuesday, 25 July 2023

Questions (210)

Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

210. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 5 July 2023, if he will seek clarity on the response (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36030/23]

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Written answers

Minister for Transport

Following my 5 July reply in relation to PQ 33062/23, information in relation to the Director of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS) is outlined below. All these figures are included in the Bureau's Financial Statements every year and published on the MBRS website.

Allowance

This refers to an allowance payable to the Director of the MBRS. The post is aligned to Civil Service Director level, with remuneration based on Principal Officer Higher plus an allowance.

Pension

The Director is not a member of a public service pension scheme. The pension allowance is an allowance in lieu of pension; it has been included under the Pension heading in the attached table as it is a pension related payment.

Transport

The Director has no company car. I can confirm that no car allowance or benefit of any transport was provided during these years.

Medical Bureau of Road Safety Director’s Remuneration package

		Other benefits
	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
Medical Bureau of Road Safety	Salary	Pension	Car Allowance	Health	Other	Loyalty Payments	Bonus	Benefit in Kind Medical	Benefit in Kind Car	Annual Total
2020	109,977	24,391	Nil	Nil	*11,978	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	€146,346
2021	112,998	24,994	Nil	Nil	*11,978	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	€149,970
2022	118,889	26,173	Nil	Nil	*11,978	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	€157,040
2023 (to 30/6/2023)	60,883	13,374	Nil	Nil	*5,989	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	€80,246 (to 30/06/23)

Notes:

*Allowance refers to an “Allowance payable to a Principal Officer filling a Director Post and the grading of Director’s posts to Principal Officer Higher” (as agreed with the Department of Finance in May 2008)