Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
978. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members' fees in non-commercial State-sponsored bodies and commercial semi-State companies, under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39281/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information in relation to Board member fees is set out in the following table:
|
Agency / Body |
Post |
Number of board members |
Remuneration |
|
Building Regulations Advisory Body (BRAB) |
Chairperson |
1 |
€8,978 |
|
Member |
24 |
Nil |
|
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority |
Chairperson |
1 |
€20,520 |
|
Member |
7 |
€11,970 |
|
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Chairperson |
1 |
€11,970 |
|
Member |
10 |
€7,695 |
|
|
Irish Water Safety |
Chairperson |
1 |
€8,978 |
|
Member |
12 |
Nil |
|
|
Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency |
Chairperson |
1 |
€11,970 |
|
Member |
5 |
€7,695 |
|
|
Local Government Management Agency |
Chairperson |
1 |
Nil |
|
Member |
10 |
Nil |
|
|
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee |
Chairperson |
1 |
€8,978 |
|
Member |
11 |
Nil |
|
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board / Rent Tribunal |
Chairperson |
1 |
* |
|
Member |
9 |
* |
|
|
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) |
Chairperson |
1 |
€11,970 |
|
Member |
10 |
€7,695 |
|
|
Western Development Commission |
Chairperson |
1 |
8,978 |
|
Member |
10 |
5,985 |
|
|
Pobal |
Chair |
1 |
Nil |
|
Members |
15 |
||
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Chairperson |
1 |
PPC Rate: €175,877 - Non PCC Rate: €167,300 |
|
Deputy Chair |
1 |
PPC Rate: €124,716 |
|
|
Non PCC Rate: €118,581 |
|||
|
Member |
8 |
PPC Rate: €109,580 |
|
|
Non PCC Rate: €104,317 |
|||
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
Director General |
1 |
PPC Rate: €153,162 |
|
Non PPC: €145,679 |
|||
|
Deputy Director General |
1 |
PPC Rate: €130,881 Non-PPC Rate: €125,011 |
|
|
Directors |
3 |
PPC Rate: €119,381 Non-PPC Rate: €113,511 |
* Those PRTB / Rent Tribunal members of the Board, who are entitled to Board 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.
The Boards of An Bord Pleanála and the Environmental Protection Agency are executive in nature, and Board members are full-time, salaried positions.
Reference to remuneration for 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.
From 1 May 2009, fees were reduced by 10% in line with the Government decision to revise the fees for non-executive Chairpersons and members of Boards of State Bodies. From 1 January 2010, fees were further reduced in line with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009.
In 2012, my Department contacted State Agencies under its aegis, requesting that Board members be offered the option to waive fees on a discretionary basis.
Details in relation to the expenses of Board members are also available within the respective annual reports.
Information regarding potential cost savings which could arise, if the fees to which Board members are entitled were reduced by 25%, are not available in my Department.
