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Appointments to State Boards

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 June 2012

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Ceisteanna (98)

Mary Lou McDonald

Ceist:

98 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all current commercial semi State company and non-commercial State agency board appointees; and their annual remuneration and competencies. [28945/12]

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Freagraí scríofa

I have listed the board members for each of the boards under the aegis of my Department. The annual fees payable to board members by category of Board are as follows:

Table

Category 1

Chairperson

€29,888

Directors

€14,963

Category 2

Chairperson

€20,520

Directors

€11,970

Category 3

Chairperson

€11,970

Directors

€7,695

Category 4

Chairperson

€8,978

Directors

€5,985

A number of Board members have opted to waive fees and serving civil servants do not receive a fee for sitting on a board.

Shannon Development — Category 2

John Brassil

Tom Barrett

Roger Downer

John Ferriter

John Fitzgerald

Noreen Foran

Joan Reynolds

Dick Sadlier

Stephen Curran

Willie Loughnane

Labour Relations Commission — Category 2

Breege O'Donoghue

Fergus Whelan

Gerard Barry

Iarla Duffy

John Hennessy

Peter McCloone

Science Foundation Ireland — Category 2

Professor Pat Fottrell

Professor Mark Ferguson

Martin Shanagher

Tom Boland

John Travers

Peter MacDonagh

Dr. Rita Colwell

Dr. Martina Newell — McLoughlin

Sean Aherne

Bernie Cullinan

Pat Duane

Jim Mountjoy

Personal Injuries Assessment Board — Category 2

Dorothea Dowling

Patricia Byron

Joe O'Toole

Tom Noonan

Ann Fitzgerald

Jerry Fitzpatrick

Breda Power

Martin Naughton

Bernard Sheridan

National Consumer Agency — Category 2

Stephen Costello

Ann Fitzgerald

Georgina Conroy

Marie Dalton

Pat Desmond

Eugene Gallagher

Fergus J. Gallagher

Isolde Goggin

Robin O'Sullivan

David Pierce

Colleen Savage

Edward Shinnick

IDA Ireland — Category 2

Liam O'Mahony

Lionel Alexander

Loretta Brennan Glucksman

Paul Duffy

Henry McGarvey

Heather Ann McSharry

Barry O'Leary

Gerard O'Mahoney

Martin Shanagher

Alan W. Gray

Mary Campbell

Peter Cassells

Enterprise Ireland — Category 2

Hugh Cooney

Frank Ryan

Gearóid Doyle

Maire Ní Thuathail

Michael McLoone

Jim O'Hara

Catherine Caulfield

Rita Shah

Bob Savage

Forfás — Category 2

Martin Shanahan

Barry O'Leary

Frank Ryan

Professor Mark Ferguson

Bob Brannock

Miriam Magner Flynn

William O'Brien

Timothy Dullea

Don Thornhill

Eoin O'Driscoll

John Murphy

Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority — Category 3

Karen Irwin

Deirdre Behan

Marie Daly

Mairead Devine

Ian Drennan

Sean Hawkshaw

Tony Kelly

David Martin

Sylvia McNeece

Kevin O'Donovan

Conor O'Mahony

Joe O'Toole

Gerard Scully

Michael Quinlan

National Standards Authority of Ireland — Category 3

Ann Riordan

Maurice Buckley

Kieran Ryan

Edmond Stack

Damian Wallace

James Collins

Terry Landers

Barbara O'Leary

Ann Clarke

Kieran Cox

Health and Safety Authority — Category 3

Michael Horgan

Marion Byron

George Brett

Dermot Carey

Eamon Devoy

Dessie Robinson

Esther Lynch

Des Mahon

Mary Bohan

Dan O'Connell

John Byrne

John Newham

InterTradeIreland

Martin Cronin

Patricia McKeown

Kevin Norton

Mairead Sorensen

John Corbett

ITI's Board is made up of 6 representatives each from Ireland and Northern Ireland nominated by the relevant Minister and appointed by the North South Ministerial Council. Annual fees are paid to Board members. The fees are at levels set by the North South Ministerial Council. Board member fees are disclosed in the InterTradeIreland Annual Reports. The most recent Annual Report (2010) shows the annual fee payable to each Southern Board member was €8,100.

Competition Authority

Isolde Goggin

Gerald Fitzgerald

Stephen Caulkins

Patrick Kenny

The Authority does not have a typical board. Pursuant to the Competition Act, 2002, an executive board of Members of the Competition Authority are employed as salaried Members and are required by statute to have sufficient expertise in, or experience of, one or more of the following areas, namely law, economics, public administration, consumer affairs or business generally.

Competencies

In relation to competencies, boards require a range of people with a variety of skills and competencies. In general board members are required to have excellent interpersonal skills; to be able to think strategically and creatively; be impartial and consider issues objectively, be financially literate; and be committed to the highest standards of integrity and governance.

In addition boards require a mix of people with expertise in particular areas e.g audit and financial issues, legal and regulatory matters. The Boards of particular agencies will have further requirements specific to that agency, e.g. in the case of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, it is desirable that the board includes a member experienced in personal injury law.

The Deputy will be aware that Government policy is to introduce greater transparency in the appointment process. In line with this policy and in an effort to broaden the pool of suitable candidates for consideration for appointment to boards, my Department advertises vacancies on the boards of the agencies under its remit. In making board appointments my overriding focus is to find the best people for particular board appointments. I have regard to the expertise and experience of individuals, the balance of skills and attributes in terms of the overall composition of the board, the gender balance of the board and the availability and commitment of people to serve on the board.

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