I appointed Mr Sean Benton, a former Chairman of the Office of Public Works, as Chairman of the National Sports Campus Development Authority. The Government, on my recommendation, appointed Mr Kevin Bonner, a former Secretary General of the Department of Enterprise and Employment, as Chairman of Dublin Bus and member of the CIE Board.
Both of these appointments are to non-executive roles and do not command a salary. Board fees are paid. Apart from these appointments, neither I nor the Ministers of State at my Department have appointed any retired senior civil servant to a position within my Department or any agency or State board under my aegis.