Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of any former Government office holder appointed by him in the past ten years to any position; the details of such appointment to include position taken, name of organisation, salary or income derived or expenses claimed per annum, any other additional benefits including car provided, travel costs per annum, terms of office and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17701/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I assume the Deputy is referring to former Government Ministers who were subsequently employed by my Department after having departed from the Oireachtas.

In the period in question, three former Ministers took up roles associated with my Department and its agencies. These were Nora Owen, David Andrews and Michael O'Kennedy. Ms. Owen continues to be a member of the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime while Messrs Andrews and O'Kennedy are members of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.

The information sought by the Deputy in respect of payments made to the three former Ministers cannot be easily extracted from voluminous records; to do so would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of resources.