Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 944: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the annual fees paid to each chairperson and director in each statutory board under the remit of her Department. [10884/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information which the Deputy has sought is as follows: the Higher Education Authority chairperson is paid a departmental Secretary General level salary. The 18 ordinary board members, who are directors, receive an annual fee of €6,348.69.

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

The Residential Institutions Redress review committee chairperson is a judge and is paid a salary from the Courts Service. The three ordinary members of the review committee are paid a daily rate of €825 with an upper remuneration of €149,184 per annum.

An annual allowance of €10,157.90 is paid to the chairperson of the board of the State Examinations Commission and €6,348.69 is paid to each of the four commissioners.