Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 366: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of his Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons' fees of State bodies recently sanctioned by the Government. [27797/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment that are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons' fees of State bodies recently sanctioned by the Government is 15.

Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 367: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of taskforces which have been created by his Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period of existence since 1997. [27813/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table. A number of Task Forces were established between 1997 and 2001 in response to job losses in particular areas. However, the practice of creating such Task Forces changed after the establishment of County Development Boards, as the Boards were seen to be best placed to oversee any additional response required to job losses over and above the work of the Industrial Development Agencies under the auspices of my Department.

In addition, while it is not strictly a task force, and is therefore not listed in the following table, there is currently an Inter-Departmental Group, under the chairmanship of the Secretary-General of my Department, which is considering a broad range of issues relevant to the future development of Co. Donegal. Finally, in the time available, my Department cannot provide the details of the exact period of existence for each of the Task Forces established to address particular job losses, however, each would have had a life span of an average of 12 months.