asked the Taoiseach if he will give details, including the name of appointee, post, salary and expenses of each appointment made directly by the Government since February, 1948, including appointments made by the Government to semi-State concerns.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Government Appointments.
The reply to the Deputy's question is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to have circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT SINCE THE 18TH FEBRUARY, 1948.
STATEMENT SHOWING DATE OF APPOINTMENT, NAME OF APPOINTEE, POST, SALARY AND EXPENSES.
Date |
Name of appointee |
Post |
Salary (Annual, unless otherwise stated) |
Expenses |
24/2/48 |
Liam Cosgrave, T.D. |
Parliamentary Secretary to Taoiseach and to Minister for Industry and Commerce. |
£1,560 |
None; but transport provided. |
,, |
Brendan Corish, T.D. |
Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Local Government. |
do. |
do. |
,, |
Michael Donnellan, T.D. |
Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Finance. |
do. |
do. |
27/2/48 |
Brendan Corish, T.D. |
Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Defence. |
No additional salary—see second entry above. |
See above. |
,, |
Christopher T. F. Russell. |
Sheriff, County Borough of Cork (held office from 1/3/48 to 1/8/48). |
£400 plus fees collected. |
Nil |
,, |
Richard Irvine Best, D. Litt. |
Chairman, Irish Manuscripts Commission. |
£500 |
Nil |
12/3/48 |
León Ó Broin |
Secretary, Department of Posts and Telegraphs (from 16/4/48). |
£1,635-£70-£1,880 |
* |
19/3/48 |
Louis M. Fitzgerald |
Civil Service Commissioner (from 1/4/48). |
Allowance of £194. |
Nil |
2/4/48 |
Michael Gill |
Superintendent, Garda Síochána. |
£605-£815 |
† |
29/4/48 |
Thomas A. McLaughlin. |
Member (whole-time), Electricity Supply Board (from 1/5/48 to 30/4/53). |
£2,000 |
* |
,,,, |
James M. FayLaurence J. Kettle |
do.Member (whole-time), Electricity Supply Board (from 1/5/48 to 30/4/49). |
do.do. |
** |
,,,, |
Liam FordeHenry Kennedy |
do.Member (part-time), Electricity Supply Board (from 1/5/48 to 30/4/53). |
do.£500. |
** |
,, |
Henry Golden |
Member (part-time), Electricity Supply Board (from 1/5/48 to 30/4/49). |
do. |
* |
14/5/48 |
The Hon. John O'Byrne. |
Member and Chairman, Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee (from 14/5/48 to 13/5/53). |
Nil |
Nil |
11/6/48 |
Jeremiah Holland |
Superintendent, Garda Síochána. |
£520-£700 |
† |
6/7/48 |
Michael Powell |
Sheriff, County Borough of Cork (from 2/8/48). |
£400 plus fees collected. |
Nil |
19/10/48 |
Seán Ua Moráin |
Member, Central Council of Irish Red Cross Society (from 19/10/48 to 30/6/49). |
Nil |
Information not available. |
29/10/48 |
The Hon. Theodore Conyngham Kingsmill Moore. |
Visitor of Trinity College, Dublin, and of University of Dublin. |
Nil |
Nil |
5/11/48 |
John Garvin |
Secretary, Department of Local Government (from 29/11/48). |
£1,635-£70-£1,880. |
* |
,, |
John Dowling |
Member, Dental Board (from 14/11/48 to 13/11/53). |
£5 5s. meeting attended. |
Nil |
29/11/48 |
Michael Deegan |
Member, Appeal Tribunal provided for in Section 7, Land Act, 1933. |
No additional salary. |
Nil |
17/12/48 |
Bernard Carty |
Superintendent, Garda Síochána. |
£520-£700 |
† |
21/12/48 |
John Garvin |
Local Appointments Commissioner (from 1/1/49). |
Allowance of £194. |
Nil |
31/1/49 |
John Edwin Duff |
Secretary, Department of Justice (deceased 20/8/49). |
£1,635-£70-£1,880. |
* |
22/2/49 |
Alexander Louis O'Neill. |
Chief Superintendent, Garda Síochána. |
£895-£980 |
† |
25/3/49 |
Edward Herlihy‡ |
Member, Appeal Tribunal provided for in Section 7, Land Act, 1933. |
No additional salary. |
Nil. |
5/4/49 |
William Francis Nally. |
Secretary, Department of Lands, and Secretary, Irish Land Commission. |
£1,635-£70-£1,880. |
* |
22/4/49 |
John O'Leary |
Master of High Court (from 3/5/49). |
£1,760 |
* |
,, |
Laurence J. Kettle |
Member (whole-time), Electricity Supply Board (from 1/5/49 to 30/4/50). |
£2,000 |
* |
,,,, |
Liam FordeHenry Golden |
do.Member (part-time), Electricity Supply Board (from 1/5/49 to 30/4/50). |
do.£500 |
** |
25/4/49 |
Patrick Joseph McNamee. |
Superintendent, Garda Síochána. |
£520-£700 |
† |
31/5/49 |
Diarmid Coffey, B. L. |
Member, Irish Manuscripts Commission. |
Nil |
* |
31/5/49 |
The Rev. Patrick Corish, M.A., D.D. |
Member, Irish Manuscripts Commission. |
Nil |
* |
,, |
Éamonn MacLysaght, D.Litt. |
do. |
Nil |
* |
,, |
Prof. George Osborne Sayles, M.A., D.Litt. |
do. |
Nil |
* |
24/6/49 |
The Hon. Kevin O'Hanrahan Haugh. |
Member, Central Council of Irish Red Cross Society (from 1/7/49 to 30/6/52). |
Nil |
Information not available. |
,, |
George Edward Brady. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Leslie Bean Thomáis de Barra. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Mrs. J. Dowdall |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
The Rev. Hubert Fee, C.C. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Mrs. F.E. Hackett |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
The Rt. Hon. Lord Killanin. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Col. Thomas Joseph McKinney. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Mrs. Linda Mac-Whinney. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Anthony John O'Connor, P.C. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Dr. Angela Russell |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
John P. Shanley, M.D., D.P.H. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
The Lady Talbot de Malahide. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Seán Ua Moráin |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
28/6/49 |
Edward Herlihy‡ |
Member, Appeal Tribunal provided for in Section 7, Land Act, 1933. |
No additional salary. |
Nil |
1/7/49 |
Alexander Douglas Stewart. |
Commissioner of Charitable Donations and Bequests. |
Nil |
Nil. |
6/9/49 |
Thomas Joseph Coyne. |
Secretary, Department of Justice. |
£1,635-£70-£1,880. |
* |
4/10/49 |
The Most Rev. Michael Browne, D.D., D.C.L., Bishop of Galway. |
Member, Senate of National University of Ireland (from 1/11/49 to 31/10/54). |
Nil |
Information not available. |
,, |
Senator Mrs. Helena Concannon, M.A., D.Litt. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Professor Felix Edward Walsh Hackett, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
The Very Rev. Edward O'Mahony, O.M.Cap., M.A., D.Litt. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
11/10/49 |
Captain Robert Childers Barton. |
Member, Panel of Referees under Forestry Act, 1946 (from 11/10/49 to 10/10/54). |
£3 3s. per day engaged. |
* |
,, |
Michael Fadden |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Patrick McCarthy |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Thomas J. McElligott |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Senator Edward R. Richards Orpen. |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Captain George Griffith Robinson. |
do. |
do. |
* |
16/12/49 |
His Honour Judge Art O'Connor. |
Referee for purposes of Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 (deceased 10/5/50). |
No additional salary. |
Travelling and subsistence allowances. |
3/1/50 |
Austin Brennan |
Member, Advisory Committee provided for in Section 6, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934. |
£1,000 |
* |
,, |
Daniel Mulvihill |
do. |
do. |
* |
30/1/50 |
The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Patrick Boylan, M.A., D.D., D.Litt., P.P., V.G. |
Member, Governing Body of University College, Dublin (from 1/2/50 to 31/1/53). |
Nil |
Information not available. |
,, |
Senator Michael Hayes, M.A. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
David Kelleher, B.A. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
John Maher |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
The Most Rev. Daniel Cohalan, D.D., Bishop of Cork. |
Member, Governing Body of University College, Cork (from 1/2/50 to 31/1/53). |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
The Rt. Rev. Robert Thomas Hearn, LL.D., D.D., Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Eamonn O'Neill, B.A. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
The Most Rev. Michael Browne, D.D., D.C.L., Bishop of Galway. |
Member, Governing Body of University College, Galway (from 1/2/50 to 31/1/53). |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
The Rt. Rev. John Winthrop Crozier, D.D., Bishop of Tuam. |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
,, |
Mortimer Kane |
do. |
Nil |
do. |
3/3/50 |
Edward Herlihy‡ |
Member, Appeal Tribunal provided for in Section 7, Land Act, 1933. |
No additional salary. |
Nil |
19/4/50 |
Frederick Charles King, B.L. |
Chairman, Civil Service Arbitration Board (from 1/6/50 to 31/5/51). |
Retainer of £250 plus £10 10s. for each sitting day. |
Nil |
9/5/50 |
Edward Herlihy‡ |
Member, Appeal Tribunal provided for in Section 7, Land Act, 1933. |
No additional salary. |
Nil |
16/5/50 |
His Honour Judge Eugene Sheehy. |
Referee for purposes of Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 |
No additional salary. |
Travelling and subsistence allowances. |
31/5/50 |
Thaddeus Cornelius Courtney. |
Chairman, Córas Iompair Éireann (from 1/6/50 to 31/5/55). |
£4,500 |
During such time as he may be permanently resident more than 15 miles from G.P.O., Dublin, subsistence allowance of £2 a day in respect of attendance at meetings of the board and free travelling facilities to and from such meetings on the rail and road services of C.I.É. |
,, |
John Bruton |
Member, Córas Iompair Éireann (from 1/6/50 to 31/5/55). |
£500 |
do. |
,, |
Dominick Leo Daly |
do. |
do. |
do. |
,, |
Patrick Joseph Floyd |
do. |
do. |
do. |
,, |
Edward Henry Murphy. |
do. |
do. |
do. |
,, |
William Murphy |
do. |
do. |
do. |
,, |
John Thomas O'Farrell. |
do. |
do. |
do. |
30/6/50 |
Richard Francis Browne. |
Member and Chairman, Electricity Supply Board (from 1/7/50 to 30/4/52). |
£3,500 |
* |
4/7/50 |
Edward William Healy. |
Sheriff, County of Cork (from 17/7/50). |
£400 plus fees collected. |
Nil |
15/8/50 |
Edward Monahan |
County Registrar, Clare (from 1/9/50). |
£1,240 plus allowance of £135 as Under-Sheriff. |
* |
22/9/50 |
Seán Ó Núnáin |
Secretary, Department of External Affairs (from 26/9/50). |
£1,635-£70-£1,880 |
* |
6/10/50 |
Edmond Maher |
Standing Arbitrator for purposes of Part 1, Dairy Produce Act, 1924 (from 6/10/50 to 5/10/55). |
£4 4s. per day engaged. |
* |
7/11/50 |
James Bellew |
Member, Panel of Referees for purposes of Live Stock Breeding Act, 1925 (from 7/11/50 to 6/11/55). |
£2 12s. 6d. per day engaged. |
* |
,, |
Thomas Brennan |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Captain John P. Briody. |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Patrick Casey |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Patrick J. Corrigao |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Thomas Costelloe |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Michael Doyle |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Patrick M. Doyle |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
William B. Drohan |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
William Fogarty |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Robert Hall |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Hugh Holloway |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Patrick J. Howard, M.R.C.V.S. |
do. |
£3 13s. 6d. per day engaged. |
* |
,, |
Denis Kelleher |
do. |
£2 12s. 6d. per day engaged. |
* |
,, |
Edmond Valentine Kelly, M.R.C.V.S. |
do. |
£3 13s. 6d. per day engaged. |
* |
,, |
Hugh Kelly |
do. |
£2 12s. 6d. per day engaged. |
* |
,, |
William J. Kinsella |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Thomas J. Lalor |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Patrick J. Liston |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
Richard Lynch |
do. |
do. |
* |
,, |
John J. Whiriskey |
do. |
do. |
* |
Note: The statement does not include:
(1) nominations, under Agency Orders, of members of the Government to execute the office of other members of the Government during the temporary inability of the latter;
(2) cases in which Patents of Precedence entitling counsel to admission to the Inner Bar have been issued; and
(3) appointments to non-statutory Advisory Committees or of representatives at international conferences.
*Travelling expenses and subsistence allowances at the highest Civil Service rates payable in respect of any journeys necessarily made in connection with the discharge of the duties of the post.
†Travelling expenses and subsistence allowances at the appropriate rates prescribed by the Garda Síochána Allowances Orders payable in connection with the discharge of official duties.
‡Appointment made in view of temporary inability of a member of the Appeal Tribunal.