Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance the new levels of fees payable to ordinary board members of State agencies as were recently agrees upon by the Government. [27811/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The level of the fees payable to members of the boards of State bodies was revised by Government at its meeting on 20 June 2006. The revised fees are payable with effect from 1 January 2006.

The Government decided to increase the fees payable to ordinary board members and directors of State bodies by roughly the amount of the increase payable to senior civil servants in the period since the last review of fees was conducted in 2001.

The fees payable to members of State boards depend on the size and complexity of the bodies they govern. In order to determine what level of fee is appropriate, State bodies are divided into four categories, depending on the pay of their chief executives. The level of remuneration of the chief executive is an objective assessment of the relative importance and complexity of the bodies concerned.

In some instances fees are not payable to ordinary board members and directors of State bodies. Where fees are payable, the Government has decided that the following revised fee rates should apply: