Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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792. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all bodies, boards or committees under the remit of his Department to which ministerial appointments are made; the statutory provision providing for the making of such appointments in each case; the annual allowances or other payments made to the chairperson; the annual allowance or other payment made to an ordinary member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37489/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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A total of 18 Commercial and Non-Commercial State bodies, including Regulators, are currently under the aegis of my Department. Ordnance Survey Ireland is part of a merger process with the Property Registration Office and the Valuation Office which will see it transfer in time to the Department of Justice and Equality. In addition, the Digital Hub Development Agency is being merged with Dublin City Council. I have set out in the table below the list of bodies/regulators under the aegis of my Department together with the principal legislative basis for appointments to the boards of these bodies and the fees ordinarily payable to both the Chairperson and Directors of the Boards.

*The Irish Exchequer pays half of the cost of Loughs Agency board fees

**Staff in my Department are on the Board and no fee is applicable to them

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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793. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the boards, bodies or committees under the remit of his Department where there is currently a vacancy to be filled by ministerial appointment; if so, if the vacancy relates to the chairperson or an ordinary member or members, specifying the number of vacancies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37504/13]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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794. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the bodies, boards or committees under the remit of his Department where there is anticipated to be a vacancy within the next six months to be filled by ministerial appointment; if so, if the anticipated vacancy relates to the chairperson or an ordinary member or members, specifying the number of anticipated vacancies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37519/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 793 and 794 together.

There are currently 17 vacancies on State Boards under the aegis of my Department. Six of these vacancies are on the Board of the Digital Hub Development Agency and, in light of the proposed merger of that agency with Dublin City Council, it is not proposed to make further appointments at this time. The 17 vacancies are for ordinary member positions.

Eight vacancies will arise on State Boards under the aegis of my Department within the next six months. One such vacancy will be at Chairperson level, three vacancies will be for ordinary member positions and there will be four ex-officio vacancies.

The following table provides a list of the boards of bodies under the aegis of my Department together with details of the current vacancies and those vacancies arising within the next six months:-

Vacancies for Boards under the aegis of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources