Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
1032. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the total number of board appointees he has made since he came to office; the names, salaries and expenses of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37356/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra1147. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of appointments that have been made to positions available on the boards of semi-State companies and statutory agencies following public advertisement; if he will provide details of the names of persons who have been appointed under this initiative and the agencies on which they now sit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40034/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1032 and 1147 together.
The information requested is outlined the following table.
|
Agency / Board |
Name of Appointee (Chairperson highlighted) |
Remuneration |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson) |
PPC Rate €189,474 (non-PPC Rate €180,000) |
|
Mr. Conall Boland (Deputy Chairperson) |
PPC Rate €138,387 (non PPC Rate €126,718) |
|
|
Ms. Mary MacMahon |
PPC Rate €116,935 to €127,588 (non PPC Rate €111,214 to €121,208) |
|
|
Mr. Michael Leary |
PPC Rate €116,935 to €127,588 (non PPC Rate €111,214 to €121,208) |
|
|
Mr. Nicholas Mulcahy |
PPC Rate €116,935 to €127,588 (non PPC Rate €111,214 to €121,208) |
|
|
Mr. Gabriel Dennison |
PPC Rate €116,935 to €127,588 (non PPC Rate €111,214 to €121,208) |
|
|
Mr. Paddy Keogh |
PPC Rate €116,935 to €127,588 (non PPC Rate €111,214 to €121,208) |
|
|
Building Regulation Advisory Board |
Mr. Aidan O'Connor (Departmental representative) |
Nil |
|
Mr. Paul Kelly |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Conor Taaffe |
Nil |
|
|
Dormant Accounts Board |
Mr. Michael Morley (Chairperson) |
€8,978.00 |
|
Mr. Des Gunning |
€5,985.00 |
|
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Dr Niamh Brennan |
Nil |
|
Mr Niall Coveney |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Mr Dónall Curtin |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Ms Yvonne Farrell |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Mr Mark Griffin (Departmental Representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Mr Brendan Malone |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Ms Catherine Mullarkey |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Dr. John Tierney (Chairperson) Dublin City Manager |
Nil |
|
Mr. Gerry Grimes |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Mr. Philip Matthews |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Ms. Lucy McCaffery |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Mr. Charlie Murphy |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Ms. Imelda Reynolds |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Mr. Michael Stubbs |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Mr. Frank Walsh |
€11,970.00 |
|
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
Ms. Laura Burke (Director General) |
PPC Rate €164,464 (non-PPC Rate €156,240) |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Dr. Michelle Norris (Chairperson) |
€11,970.00 |
|
Mr. John Hogan (Department of Finance nominee) |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Phillip Nugent (Departmental representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Ms. Jackie Maguire (CCMA Representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Colm Brophy |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Mr. Michael Murray |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Mr. Padraic Cafferty |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Dr. Mary Lee Rhodes |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Mr. Jim Miley |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Ms. Michelle Murphy Lawless |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Mr. Gerry Leahy |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Irish Water Safety |
Ms. Breda Collins (Chairperson) |
€8,978.00 |
|
Mr. John Considine |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Michael Cuddihy |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Tom Doyle |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Brendan McGrath |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Paul Murphy |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Seamus O'Neill |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Martin O'Sullivan |
Nil |
|
|
Ms. Anne Ryan |
Nil |
|
|
Ms. Lola O'Sullivan |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Christy McDonagh |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Tim O'Sullivan (Departmental representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Rich Howlin (Chairperson) |
€11,970.00 |
|
Mr. John O'Connor |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Eddie Lewis (Departmental representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Ms. Marie McLaughlin (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform Representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Peter Carey County Manager Laois County Council |
Nil |
|
|
Ms. Ann McGuinness Retired County Manager, Westmeath County Council |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council |
Nil |
|
Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Enda Holland (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform Representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council |
Nil |
|
Mr. Donal Enright (Departmental representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council |
Nil |
|
|
Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative) |
Nil |
|
|
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee |
Mr. Tom Coughlan County Manager Clare County Council |
Nil |
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board |
Mr. Tim Ryan |
** |
|
Ms. Tricia Sheehy Skeffington |
** |
|
|
Ms. Paula O’Reilly (Departmental representative) |
Nil |
|
|
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Professor William Reville (Chairperson) Professor of Biochemistry UCC (Retired) |
€11,970.00 |
|
Dr. Paraic James Senior Lecturer, DCU |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Dr. Maurice Fitzgerald Dental Council |
€7,695.00 |
|
|
Dr. Patricia Cunningham Consultant Radiologist |
€7,695.00 |
*The board of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority was reappointed from 1 May 2012 and replaced by a new board from 1 June 2012 which will continue in place until 31 December 2013.
**Those members of the PRTB Board who are entitled to fees are paid such fees on an attendance basis only. Details regarding the scale of fees and the amounts paid are published in the annual reports of the PRTB.
Reference to remuneration to chairs and members of Boards is to the level of fee to which they are entitled. Where public servants are appointed to Boards, no fees are payable.
All appointments are made in accordance with the appropriate legislation governing appointments to each body. In considering applications due regard is had to Government policy regarding gender balance on State Boards.
A number of different statutory processes are involved in appointments to State boards. In some cases statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Government or by the Minister. In a number of situations, only some appointments to the body concerned are made by the Minister, or appointments are made with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
The Boards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and An Bord Pleanala are executive in nature and members are employed on a full time salaried basis. The appointments as Chairperson of An Bord Pleanála and Director General of the EPA were made by Government following competitions held by the Public Appointments Service.
The Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (HSCA) was established on 1 August 2012 under the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (Establishment) Order 2012. I have the appointment of the Board of the HSCA, under consideration at present.
The Dormant Accounts Board will be dissolved by the end of 2012 when the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act, 2012 is commenced.
The following members were appointed to the Board of Pobal, a not-for-profit company under the aegis of my Department, by Government:
Mr. Séamus Boland (Chair)
Mr. Thomas Maguire
Mr. Liam Keane
Ms. Siobhan McLoughlin
Ms. Jennifer McHugh
Ms. Marie Hurley
Article 3 of the Articles of Association of Pobal requires me to consider nominations received from a list of stakeholders and the Social Partners defined by Government in 2005.
