Written answers

Thursday, 6 July 2006

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Departmental Bodies

6:00 pm

Photo of Dan BoyleDan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 803: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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. [27801/06]

Photo of Dick RocheDick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The increase in fees for non-executive chairpersons of State bodies approved by the Government on 20 June 2006 applies, with effect from 1 January 2006, to the chairpersons of eleven of the bodies which comes under the aegis of my Department.

Photo of Dan BoyleDan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 804: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of task forces which have been created by his Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period of existence since 1997. [27823/06]

Photo of Dick RocheDick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Some 34 task forces have been created in connection with the business of my Department since 1997. Details are set out in the following table.

Taskforce Name
Chairing Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms and the Environment
Commission on the Private Rented Residential Sector
EU Water Framework Directive Implementation Group
Expert Panel on Pollution of Groundwater by Nitrates
Expert Steering Group on Dangerous Substances in Water
Fixed Asset Working Group
Forum for the Construction Industry
General Accounting Working Group
Gum Litter Taskforce
High level implementation group
Irish Heritage Trust Steering Group
Market Development Group
National Rural Water Monitoring Committee
National Strategy Group on Packaging Waste Recycling
National Waste Prevention Committee
North South Co-ordination Group for the Water Framework Directive
North South Technical Advisory Group on Water Quality
North South Working Group on Water Quality
Review Group on Rating Law
Shannon Callows Task force
Steering Group for the implementation of the recommendations of Branching Out — A New Public Library Service
Task Force on the Review of the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 1997
Taskforce on EU Environmental Infringement
The Interdepartmental Task Force on the Integration of Local Government and Local Development Systems
The Lagarosiphon Task Force
Water Framework Directive Co-ordination Group
WEEE Taskforce
Working Group on Role of Local Authority Finance Function

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