Jillian van Turnhout (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would like to make a brief comment on the remuneration and expenses of the members of the boards and committees. Can the Minister advise us whether there are any current payments to board members? If there will be payments to board members in the case of the new agency, will details of those payments be published? If the Minister cannot answer that question today, perhaps she will come back to the matter on Report Stage. Given that we have been talking about transparency, it would be good for us to know whether payments are to be made. This section of the Bill sets out how payments will be handled, but it does not say whether they will be published in a way that will enable the public to know about them.