Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 May 2015
1030. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to three directors (details supplied) of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company who have received just under €400,000 in directors' fees over the past number of years, at a time when ordinary workers have seen their wages cut and when the harbour company has lost the Stena contract and made annual losses, his views on whether this is value for money. [20339/15]
Amharc ar fhreagra1031. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company has been designated a port of regional significance, along with the ports in Drogheda, Galway, New Ross and Wicklow, if the company fees to directors and chairpersons for all these harbours will come into line with one another; and the rates of same. [20340/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1030 and 1031 together.
The rates of fees paid to Members of State Boards are set centrally by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. This situation will remain unchanged following the developments mentioned by the Deputy. The fees set reflect the levels of responsibility associated with the membership of a particular board. These fees have been reduced over the past number of years.
The Government-approved fees payable to Chairpersons and Members of State Boards under the aegis of my Department are published on my Department's website at: http://www.dttas.ie/corporate/english/state-board-membership-and-approved-fees.
