Vol. 407 No. 9
162 Mr. Nealon asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline in relation to (a) commercial and (b) non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department, (i) its name, (ii) the year of establishment, (iii) the level of fee for the chairman and ordinary directors, if applicable and (iv) when the fee was last fixed.
There are no commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of my Department.
There is one non-commercial State sponsored body under the aegis of my Department, details of which are as follows:
Name — Legal Aid Board
Established — 1979
Fees — Chairman £2,250 per annum. Ordinary board members £1,400 per annum. The fees were fixed on the establishment of the board in 1979 and have not been changed since except in the case of public service members of the board who were paid £1,200 per annum initially. Their fees were increased to £1,400 per annum in 1985.
