Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
2:15 pm
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I can understand how any Leader group or community organisation would be concerned about its future because there are a number of well-paid people in such organisations. In Galway, for example, Comhairle Ceantar na nOileán Teo. has five staff, and the CEO is paid €53,000. The CEO of Forum Connemara is paid €84,000. The total number of staff is 17, of which the rural development programme has two full-time staff. There are also the Galway City Partnership and the Galway Rural Development Company. All of them are well paid.