Ministerial Appointments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 December 2010

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Ceisteanna (302)

Fergus O'Dowd

Ceist:

305 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources all appointments made by him in the past 12 months; the persons appointed; the income received; the body to which they were appointed; the term of office they will serve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46370/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Deputy Eamon Ryan)

I assume that the Deputy is referring to appointments to boards of State Bodies under the aegis of my Department.

The following table sets out appointments made by me to State boards since 1st December 2009 and the relevant fee for the member appointed. The Deputy may wish to note that a reduction in fees applied to members of boards of non-commercial bodies in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 with effect from 1st January 2009. The payment of expenses to chairpersons and directors of boards is a day to day operational matter for each body in line with the relevant Department of Finance guidelines.

Body	Person Appointed	Term	Category of Fee/Amount of fee
			€
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland	Mr Larry Bass	5 years	5,985
	Professor Colum Kenny	5 years	5,985
	Ms Siobhan Ni Ghadhra	5 years	5,985
	Mr. Michael Moriarty	5 years	5,985
RTÉ	Ms Orlaith Carmody	5 years	17,500
	Ms Aileen O’Meara	5 years	17,500
	Ms Eunice O’Raw	5 years	17,500
	Mr Stuart Switzer	5 years	17,500
TG4	Mr Concubhar Ó’Liatháin	5 years	14,000
	Mr Rónán Ó’Coisdealbha	5 years	14,000
An Post	Mr J. Alan Sloane	2 years	17,500
	Mr Thomas Devlin	2 years 7 months	17,500
Digital Hub Development Agency	Mr Denis Molumby	3 years	7,695
	Ms Katherine Licken1	3 years	No fee applies
EirGrid	Ms Bernie Gray (Chairperson)	3 years	24,000
ESB	Ms Ellvena Graham	5 years	17,500
Irish National Petroleum Corporation Ltd	Mr Aidan Donnelly (Chairperson)	2 years	20,520
	Mr Vincent Caffrey	2 years	11,970
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Mr John Buckley	2 years 4 months	7,965
	Mr Brian Carroll2	3 years	No fee applies
	Ms Tara Connolly	3 years	7,965
	Mr Sean Wyse	3 years	7,965
Inland Fisheries Ireland (Please Note that in respect of Inland Fisheries Ireland I have decided to postpone the payment of fees for an initial 2 year period).	Mr Brendan O’Mahony (Chairperson)	5 years	11,970
	Mr Lal Faherty	Up to 5 years	7,695
	Mr Andrew Duncan	Up to 5 years	7,695
	Dr Frances Lucy	Interim staff rep.	7,695
	Mr Liam Berney3	Up to 5 years	7,695
	Ms Lily Collison4	Up to 5 years	7,695
	Mr Michael Mc Greal	Up to 5 years	7,695
	Mr John Geary	Up to 5 years	7,695
	Mr John Carroll	Up to 5 years	7,695
	Mr Marcus Mac Mahon5	5 years	7,695

1 No fee applies to Ms Licken as she is a member of staff of DCENR.

2 No fee applies to Mr Carroll as he is a member of staff of DCENR.

3 Mr Liam Berney was appointed as an interim staff representative on 1/7/10 and resigned on 17/11/10.

4 Ms Lily Collison resigned on 3/11/10.

5 Mr Marcus Mac Mahon replaced Mr Liam Berney as staff representative.