Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 590: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of appointments to public boards and bodies under the aegis of her Department that she has made for the past three years; if such appointments are salaried; if so, the salary details for each category of appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9113/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The following is the information sought by the Deputy.

The Residential Institutions Redress Board: 11 appointments, which include a chairperson who is a High Court judge and paid a salary from the Courts Service. The other board members are paid a daily rate of €825 with an upper remuneration ceiling of €149,184 per annum.

The Residential Institutions Review Committee: four appointments, which include a chairperson who is a judge and receives a salary from the Courts Service. The other board members are paid a daily rate of €825 with an upper remuneration ceiling of €149,184 per annum.

The Higher Education Authority: 20 appointments, including the appointment of the chairperson who retains a departmental Secretary General level salary. With the exception of the chairperson, the other appointments are not salaried but an annual fee of €6,348.69 is payable to members of the authority. The Senate of the National University of Ireland: four appointments. University College, Cork: four appointments. University College, Dublin: three appointments. University of Limerick: three appointments. National College of Art and Design: ten appointments. Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown: one appointment. Institute of Technology, Cork: two appointments. Dublin Institute of Technology: one appointment. Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology: one appointment. Dundalk Institute of Technology: two appointments. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: four appointments. Letterkenny Institute of Technology: two appointments. Sligo Institute of Technology: two appointments. Institute of Technology, Tallaght: one appointment. Waterford Institute of Technology: two appointments. Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences: six appointments. Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology: two appointments. These appointments are not salaried. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: 26 appointments. Not salaried. The National Council for Special Education: 13 appointments. Not salaried. The Educational Disadvantage Committee: 21 appointments. Not salaried. The National Educational Welfare Board: five appointments. Not salaried. The Advisory Council for English Language: four appointments. Not salaried. The Appeal Board on Mainstream Staffing in Primary Schools: five appointments. Not salaried. The Teaching Council — 37 appointments. Not salaried. The Registration Council for Secondary Teachers: 21 appointments. Not salaried. The School Transport Appeals Board: five appointments. Each member is paid a fee of €190.50 per meeting, approximately four meetings per year. Board of the National Centre for Technology in Education: seven appointments. Not salaried. Technical Group to the Commission on School Accommodation: seven appointments. Not salaried. An Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscoileanna: 22 appointments. Not salaried.