Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 5 Mar 1997

Vol. 475 No. 8

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

John O'Donoghue

Ceist:

83 Mr. O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Finance 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. [6302/97]

Minister for Finance (Mr. Quinn)

The State bodies for which my Department is responsible are ACCBANK plc, ICC Bank plc, an Post National Lottery Company, the Central Bank and the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), the membership of whose boards and the details of their remuneration are as follows:

ACCBANK plc.

Ms Gary Joyce	Chairperson
Mr. John McCloskey	Chief Executive
Mr. James Curtis
Mr. John O'Reilly
Mr. Séamus Mallon
Mr. Michael Smith
Mr. Michael Hanrahan
Ms Ann Nolan
Ms Shelia McGuinness

Six of the eight non-executive directors receive remuneration of £4,000 per annum. One, a civil servant, receives no remuneration and the chairperson receives remuneration of £6,000 per annum.

ICC BANK plc.

Mr. Phil Flynn	Chairperson
Mr. Michael Quinn	Managing Director
Mr. Tom Considine
Ms Mary Clare O'Connor
Mr. Leo O'Donnell
Mr. Eamon Freaney
Mr. Joe McPeake
Mr. Sean Kelly
Ms Anne Connolly

Six of the eight non-executive directors receive remuneration of £4,000 per annum. One, a civil servant, receives no remuneration and the chairperson receives remuneration of £6,000 per annum.

An Post National Lottery Company

Mr. John Hynes	Chairperson
Mr. Ray Bates
Ms Therese Kearney
Mr. Kieran McGowan
Mr. Tom O'Beirne
Mr. Michael O'Muircheartaigh
Mr. Terry Reynolds

With the exception of those who hold board or executive positions within An Post, the directors receive remuneration of £4,000 per annum.

NTMA Advisory Committee

Mr. D.J. Moran	Chairperson
Mr. Gerold Grant
Mr. Paul Carty
Mr. John F. Daly
Mr. Lewis L. Glucksman
Mr. Patrick H. Mullarkey
Mr. Donald C. Roth

The chairperson receives remuneration of £10,000 per annum. Five of the remaining six members receive remuneration of £5,000 per annum. The sixth, a civil servant, receives no remuneration.

There are also a number of other formal advisory or similar bodies which operate under the aegis of my Department. Details of the membership of these bodies and their remuneration are set out below.

Valuation Tribunal

Mr. Liam McKechnie	Chairperson
Ms Mary Devins	Deputy Chairperson
Mr. Fred Devlin	Deputy Chairperson
Mr. Con Guiney	Deputy Chairperson
Mr. Finian L. Brannigan
Mr. Michael Coghlan
Ms Michael Coghlan
Ms Marie Connellan
Ms Brid Mimnagh
Mr. Barry Smyth
Ms Rita Tynan

The members of the tribunal are paid on a daily sitting fee basis which is £250.17 in the case of the chairperson, £169.77 in the case of the deputy chairperson and £132.13 in the case of the other members.

Commission on Public Service Pensions

Prof. Dermot McAleese	Chairperson
Mr. Brian Aylward
Mr. John Cullen
Mr. Brian Geoghegan
Mr. Brendan Hayes
Mr. Eamon Heffernan
Ms Anne Maher
Mr. Joe McGovern
Mr. Dan Murphy
Senator Joe O'Toole
Ms. Anne Vaughan

The only person remunerated is the chairperson who receives £7,500 per annum.

Civil Service Arbitration Board

Mr. Gerard Durcan, SC	Chairperson
Mr. Kevin Duffy
Mr. Derek Hunter

The chairperson and Mr. Duffy receive a fee per sitting day of £525 and £250, respectively. Mr. Hunter is paid a retainer of £10,000 per annum to cover service as nominee of the Government on all public service arbitration boards.

Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service

Mr. Michael Buckley	Chairperson
Mr. Peter Malone
Ms Vivian Jupp
Ms Helen O'Dowd
Mr. Cormac McHenry
Mr. Sean Walsh

The chairperson receives remuneration of £10,000. The other members of the body, with the exception of the Labour Court members, receive annual remuneration of £5,000.

In addition to those bodies listed above there are a large number of boards, committees, commissions or subcommittees which operate under the aegis of my Department, and in relation to which it would require an inordinate amount of time and effort to provide the Deputy with all the information requested.