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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 5 Mar 1997

Vol. 475 No. 8

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

John O'Donoghue

Ceist:

109 Mr. O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht the number and names of persons appointed to boards, committees, commissions or subcommittees under the aegis of his Department; the remuneration attached to each position; the expenses incurred by each member including travel and subsistence to date for every member of each relevant body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6305/97]

The following table details the ministerial or Government appointees currently serving on boards, committees, commissions or subcommittees under the aegis of my Department and the appropriate fee payable in respect of each position.

Payment in respect of travel and subsistence for appointees is a day-to-day matter for the bodies to which they are appointed. Payment in respect of such expenses to members of committees, commissions, etc, is made where appropriate and in accordance with normal Civil Service regulations and rates.

Table

Annual Fee

£

Bord na Gaeilge

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (Cathaoirleach)

3,000

Caitlín Lough

2,000

Fidelma Mullane

2,000

Sorcha Maebh Ní Chonchúir

2,000

Claudia Nic Dhonncha

2,000

Pádraig Ó Scannláin

2,000

Séamus Ó Tonnaí

2,000

Mairéad Ní Dhuinnshléibhe

2,000

Liam Ó Maonlaí

2,000

Alan Titley

2,000

Tadhg Ó hÉalaithe

Dada

Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge

Éamon Ó hÓgáin (Cathaoirleach)

No fee payable

Seán de Fréine

Ursula Ní Dhálaigh

Áine Nic Gearailt

Diarmaid Ó Cathasaigh

Rhoda Uí Chonaire

Vivian Uibh Eachach

Broadcasting Complaints Commission

Geri Silke (Chair)

No fee payable

Al McDonnell

Liam O'Regan

Cormac Dunne

Martin McHugh

Marie O'Brien

Caroline Crowley

Caretaker Board of the National Museum

Barbara Nugent (Chair)

No fee payable

Sean Cromien

John de Courcy-Ireland

Julie Godson

Una Hughes

Ann Kelly

Paul Murphy

John O'Reilly

Aidan Walsh

£

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Prof. Ciarán Benson (Chair)

3,000

Pat Murray

nil

Vivienne Roche

nil

Vic Merriman

nil

Aiden O'Carroll

nil

Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy

nil

Jane Dillon-Byrne

nil

Eavan Boland

nil

Ciarán McGonigal

nil

Laura Magahy

nil

Eithne Healy

nil

Proinsias Mac Aonghusa

nil

John Wilson

nil

Terry Prone

nil

Paul McGuinness

nil

Kathleen Watkins

nil

Páraic Breathnach

nil

£

An Comhairle Oidhreachta

Freda Rountree (Chair)

3,000

Anne Brennan

2,000

Emer Colleran

2,000

Michael Conaghan

2,000

Michael Conry

2,000

Ruth Delany

2,000

Jimmy Dunne

2,000

Elizabeth Fahy

2,000

Orna Hanly

2,000

Anna McHugh

2,000

An tAth. Tomás Ó Caoimh

2,000

Peter Pearson

2,000

Jim Reynolds

2,000

Michael Ryan

nil

Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington

2,000

David Slattery

2,000

John Waddell

2,000

Heritage Council Standing Committee on Wildlife

Alexander Butler

No fee payable

Anne Farrell

William Smith

Heritage Council Standing Committee on Archaeology

Ted Creedon

No fee payable

Michael O'Hanrahan

Primrose Wilson

Heritage Council Standing Committee on Architectural

W.A. Houlihan

No fee payable

Loughlin Kealy

Deirdre Kelly

Heritage Council Standing Committee on Inland Waterways

John Carolan

No fee payable

Carton Finegan

Heather Thomas

£

An Ceoláras Náisiúnta

Dermot Egan (Chair)

3,000

Audrey Corbett

nil

William Dowdall

nil

Pat Heneghan

nil

Fergus Johnston

nil

Aiveen Kearney

nil

Peter McEvoy

nil

John McNally

nil

Marie Louise O'Donnell

nil

Irene Nolan

nil

Joan Parker

nil

Malachy P. Smith

nil

Ann Fuller

nil

Niall Doyle

nil

Joan Hickey

nil

Cultural Development Incentives Scheme Advisory Committee

Christopher O'Grady (Chair)

No fee payable

Colm Ó Briain

Pauline Moreau

Laura Magahy

Mary Cloake

Freda Rountree

Jack Higgins

Fintan Coogan

Grand and Royal Canals Corridor Studies Task Force

Senator Pat Magner (Chairperson)

No fee payable

Breda Power

Carmel Sherry

Kevin O'Connor

Ruth Delany

John Martin

Claire Caffrey

Enda Conway

Pauline Moreau

Philip Jones

Douglas Hyde

£

Independent Radio and Television Commission

Niall Stokes (Chair)

3,000

Gillian Bowler

2,000

Aiden Meade

2,000

Mary Ruddy

2,000

Eileen Brophy

2,000

Kieran Mulvey

2,000

Christopher Cooney

2,000

Jack Davis

2,000

Gerard Danaher

2,000

Jude Bowles

2,000

£

Louis Marcus (Chair)

9,150*

Mary Alleguen

2,000

Deirdre Friel

2,000

Neil Jordan

2,000

Nuala Moiselle

2,000

Ann O'Connell

2,000

Morgan O'Sullivan

2,000

*This represents one fifth of the maximum of the Principal Officer (Higher) salary and is paid to Mr. Marcus on the understanding that he devotes at least one full day a week to the affairs of the Irish Film Board.

Irish Manuscripts Commission

Brian Trainor

No fee payable

Rev. Monsignor Patrick J. Corish

Rev. Francis X. Martin

An tOllamh B. Ó Cuív

Prof. F.J. Byrne

Prof. L.M. Cullen

Prof. G.J. Hand

Prof. D. McCartney

David Craig

Mary Daly

Mary O'Dowd

Anngret Simms

Prof. D.W. Harkness

Prof. J.F.M. Lydon

Prof. G. MacNiocaill

M. Ní Bhrolcháin

M. Mac Conghail

Irish Museum of Modern Art

Gillian Bowler (Chair)

The chairperson is entitled to a fee of £1,000 however, this has not been claimed. No fee is payable to the other appointees.

Kieran Corcoran

Jim Dorgan

Rita Fagan

Maurice Foley

Eoghan Harris

Gary Joyce

Gordan Lambert

Brian Maguire

Mike Murphy

Paula Murphy

Brian O'Doherty

Amelia Stein

Lochlann Quinn

Dorothy Walker

National Gallery of Ireland — Board of Governors and Guardians

Carmel Naughton (Chair)

No fee payable

William Finlay

Tony Ryan

Lord O'Neill

Prof. Gerald Doyle

Maighréad McParland

Ciarán McGonigal

Lady Clementine Beit

National Library of Ireland Council of Trustees

Barry Murphy

No fee payable

John Gray

Loretto Brennan-Glucksman

Ailbhe Smyth

National Theatre Society

Gemma Hussey

No fee payable

Deirdre Purcell

£

Radio Telefís Éireann Authority

Prof. Farrel Corcoran (Chair)

6,000

William Attley

4,000

Garret Fitzgerald

4,000

Desmond Geraghty

4,000

Anne Haslam

4,000

Betty Purcell

4,000

Bob Quinn

4,000

Patricia Redlich

4,000

Anne Tannahill

4,000

Údarás na Gaeltachta

An tOllamh Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh (Cathaoirleach)

6,000

Sorcha Maebh Ní Chonchúir

4,000

Pádraigh Ó Dochartaigh

4,000

Sorcha Ní Dhonnacha

4,000

Séamus Mac Ruairí

4,000

Bríd Ní Shirín

4,000

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