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.