Written answers
Wednesday, 4 October 2006
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Departmental Agencies
9:00 pm
Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures in place and applied to payment to members of boards of agencies in relation to taxation of payments to members of boards of agencies; the advice given by the Revenue Commissioners on this matter; the membership and payments to all members of boards of agencies under the aegis of his Department since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30989/06]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the membership and payments (other than travel and subsistence expenses) made since 1997 to members of the state bodies/agencies currently under the aegis of my Department. The procedures for taxation of such payments are a matter for each of the bodies/agencies concerned subject to compliance with the Revenue Commissioners Statement of Practice SP — IT/1/04 Tax Treatment of Remuneration of Members of State and State Sponsored Committees and Boards which is available on the Revenue Commissioners website, www.revenue.ie.
| Name of State body | Names of appointees to boards since 1997 | Payments to appointee |
| € | ||
| Local Government Management Services Board | Jim Lillis | No fees payable. |
| Peter McCann | ||
| Danny McElhinney | ||
| Tony Boland | ||
| Kevin Cullen | ||
| Peter Greene | ||
| Joe Allen | ||
| Aidan Kinch | ||
| Affordable Homes Partnership | Des Geraghty (Chairperson) | 12,441.89 |
| Mary Lambkin | 3,068.53 | |
| Mary Higgins | 3,068.53 | |
| Maureen Lynott | Nil | |
| Mary Mooney | 1,150.28 | |
| Dublin City Manager* | The appointees marked * are ex-officio and do not receive payment in respect of their Board membership | |
| Fingal County Manager* | ||
| South Dublin County Manager* | ||
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Manager* | ||
| CEO of Partnership* | ||
| An Bord Pleanála | John O'Connor (Chairperson) | No fees payable. The chairperson and members are paid salaries as they are executive board members. |
| Brendan Aherne (Temporary Appointment) | ||
| Margaret Byrne | ||
| Lewis Clohessy | ||
| Derek Maynard | ||
| Ken Mawhinney (Temporary Appointment) | ||
| Michael Ward (Temporary Appointment) | ||
| Rosalind Nixon | ||
| Brian Hunt (Deputy Chairperson) | ||
| Michael Wall | ||
| Ann Quinn (Deputy Chairman) | ||
| Donough Murphy | ||
| Angela Tunney | ||
| Mary Bryan | ||
| Berna Grist | ||
| Brian Swift | ||
| Jane Doyle | ||
| Karl Kent | ||
| Tom O'Connor (Temporary Appointment) | ||
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Mary Kelly, Director General | No fees payable. The Director General and Directors are paid salaries as they are executive members of the agency. |
| Laura Burke | ||
| Padraig Larkin | ||
| Dara Lynott | ||
| Larry Stapleton | ||
| Former Directors | ||
| Declan Burns | ||
| Ann Butler | ||
| Gerry Carty | ||
| Iain MacClean | ||
| Liam McCoumiskey (Deceased) | ||
| Marie Sherwood | ||
| *Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) | F J Mulligan (Chairman) | 31,955 |
| W Blunnie | 17,459.00 | |
| G Burke | 25,797 | |
| A Dowling | 21,112 | |
| J Fitzmaurice | 25,797 | |
| L Malone | 25,796 | |
| D Muckian | 21,905 | |
| A Roche | 25,797 | |
| E Fitzgerald | 8,541 | |
| T Connellan | 25,797 | |
| Mary Coffee | 926 | |
| F J Turvey | 21,819 | |
| K Byrne | 24,871.00 | |
| S Darby | 15,215.00 | |
| Michael Hurley | 7,959.00 | |
| E Kennedy (Chairman) | 1,978.00 | |
| P Gilligan | 1,272.00 | |
| Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board 2003 | Sean Duignan (Chairman) | €16,570.02 (Chairman's per diem fees 2003-date) |
| Local Government Computer Services Board | Mr. I. Keating | Nil |
| Ms. B. Carter | Nil | |
| Mr. F. Bradley | Nil | |
| Mr. J. Fitzgerald | Nil | |
| Mr. J. Tiernan | Nil | |
| Mr. D. Nelson | Nil | |
| Ms. P. Tyrrell | Nil | |
| Mr. H. Kearns | Nil | |
| Mr. S. Carey | Nil | |
| Mr. J. Crockett | Nil | |
| Mr. M. Riordan | Nil | |
| Mr. N. Sweeney | Nil | |
| Mr. T. Dowling | Nil | |
| Mr. J. McGrath | Nil | |
| Mr. R. O'Dwyer | Nil | |
| Ms. C. Curley | Nil | |
| Mr. A.. Fleming | Nil | |
| Mr. D. Connolly | Nil | |
| Ms. A. McGuinness | Nil | |
| Mr. E. Sheehy | Nil | |
| Mr. M Malone | Nil | |
| Mr. M. Killeen | Nil | |
| Mr. P. Donnelly | Nil | |
| Mr. J. Horan | Nil | |
| Mr. R. Ó Ceallaigh | Nil | |
| Mr. M. Maloney | Nil | |
| Mr. E. Breen | Nil | |
| Mr. M. McLoone | Nil | |
| Mr. P. Fahey | Nil | |
| Mr. B. Treacy | Nil | |
| Mr. F. Kavanagh | Nil | |
| Mr. D. Connolly | Nil | |
| Mr. P. D'Arcy | Nil | |
| Mr. W. Soffe | Nil | |
| An Chomhairle Leabharlanna | Mr. Sean Ryan (current chairperson) | Annual honorarium of €8,510 |
| Cllr. Michael Abbey | Nil | |
| Mr. Robert Adams | Nil | |
| Cllr. Denis Burke | Nil | |
| Ms. Beatrice Doran | Nil | |
| Mr. John Fitzgerald | Nil | |
| Ms. Ruth Flanagan | Nil | |
| Mr. Richard Lennon | Nil | |
| Cllr. Cora Long | Nil | |
| Cllr. Luie McEntire | Nil | |
| Mr. Donal Ó Luanaigh (retired) | Nil | |
| Cllr. Laurence O'Neill | Nil | |
| Cllr. John Byrne | Nil | |
| Jo Corkery | Nil | |
| Mr. Noel Dillon | Nil | |
| Cllr. Maura Kilbride-Harkin | Nil | |
| Cllr. James Larkin (died 28/09/98 and replaced by Cllr. Dermot Ryan on 21/12/98) | Nil | |
| Cllr. Patrick Power (resigned June 99 and replaced by Cllr. Michael Leahy on 17/11/99) | Nil | |
| Sean Phillips | Nil | |
| Marie Reddan | Nil | |
| William G. Simpson (resigned October 2002) | Nil | |
| Dublin Docklands Development Authority | Lar Bradshaw | 33,382.84 |
| Lewis Glucksman | 2,645.00 | |
| Jim Lacey | 2,645.00 | |
| John McCarthy | Nil | |
| Mary Bergin | 36,824.00 | |
| Prof P J Drudy | 36,824.00 | |
| John Egan | 36,824.00 | |
| Sean Fitzpatrick | 73,076.00 | |
| Cyril Forbes | 35,867.00 | |
| Joan O'Connor | 81,012.00 | |
| John O'Connor | Nil | |
| Mary Moylan | Nil | |
| Declan McCourt | 44,188.00 | |
| Niamh O'Sullivan | 44,188.00 | |
| Angela Cavandish | 44,188.00 | |
| Donall Curtin | 44,188.00 | |
| Building Regulations Advisory Body (BRAB) | Patrick Morrissey | 19,678.47 |
| Tom Carey | Nil | |
| Michael Collins | Nil | |
| Mirette Corboy | Nil | |
| Leo Crehan | Nil | |
| Eugene Farrell | Nil | |
| Patrick Forkan | Nil | |
| Rosaleen Gallagher | Nil | |
| Denise Germaine | Nil | |
| Brian Hendrick | Nil | |
| Brid Kelly | Nil | |
| Derek Maynard | Nil | |
| Jeanne Meldon | Nil | |
| John McCarthy | Nil | |
| Michael McCarthy | Nil | |
| Sean McCarthy | Nil | |
| Attracta McCay | Nil | |
| Niamh O'Doherty | Nil | |
| Krystyna Rawicz | Nil | |
| Nicholas Ryan | Nil | |
| Paul Kelly | Nil | |
| Professor Owen Lewis | 35,803.72 | |
| Maria Melia | Nil | |
| Ann Mills | Nil | |
| Patsy Supple | Nil | |
| Ann McGuinness | Nil | |
| Sara Devitt | Nil | |
| Johnny McGettigan | Nil | |
| John Purcell | Nil | |
| Eoin O'Cofaigh | Nil | |
| Ian Lumley | Nil | |
| Pat Minogue, | Nil | |
| Gerard Grogan | Nil | |
| Sean Balfe | Nil | |
| Rose Kenny | Nil | |
| Gerard Farrell | Nil | |
| Erik Koornneef | Nil | |
| *The Heritage Council | Tom O'Dwyer(Chairman) | 25,564.00 |
| Dr. Con Costello | 12,697.00 | |
| Eamon McEneaney | 11,427.00 | |
| Mary Bryan | 11,004.00 | |
| Deirdre Ellis King | Nil | |
| Mary Moylan | Nil | |
| Maurice Hurley | 17,045.00 | |
| Michael MacMahon | 12,697.00 | |
| Michael McNamara | 12,697.00 | |
| Nessa Dunlea | 12,697.00 | |
| Nioclás Ó Conchubhair | 17,045.00 | |
| Primrose Wilson | 12,697.00 | |
| Ruth Delaney | 12,697.00 | |
| Dr. Simon Berrow | 12,697.00 | |
| Fr. Tomás Ó Caoimh | 12,697.00 | |
| Virginia Teehan | 17,045.00 | |
| Professor Willie Smyth | 12,697.00 | |
| Ted Creedan | 4,348.00 | |
| Dr. Caro-lynne Ferris | 4,348.00 | |
| Donal Enright | Nil | |
| Betty Coffey | 4,348.00 | |
| Noel Keyes | 4,348.00 | |
| Finola Reid | 4,348.00 | |
| Rhonwyn Hayes | 4,348.00 | |
| Brendan Dunford | 4,348.00 | |
| Martina Maloney | Nil | |
| Mary Keenan | 848.00 | |
| Gabriel Cooney | 4,348.00 | |
| Billy Colfer | 4,348.00 | |
| Irish Water Safety | Ms. Kathryn Byrne | Nil |
| Ms. Breda Collins | Nil | |
| Mr. John Considine | Nil | |
| Mr. Michael Cuddihy | Nil | |
| Mr. Brian Farrell | Nil | |
| Mr. Jim Lawlor | Nil | |
| Mr. Brendan McGrath | Nil | |
| Ms. Martina Moloney | Nil | |
| Mr. Michael Murphy | Nil | |
| Mr. Frank Nolan (chairman) | 8,000.00 | |
| Mr. Martin O'Sullivan | Nil | |
| Mr. Kevin Ring | Nil | |
| Ms. Anne Ryan | Nil | |
| Mr. Martin Condon | Nil | |
| Ms. Breda Doherty | Nil | |
| Ms. Patricia Hutchinson | Nil | |
| Mr. Ian Keating | Nil | |
| Ms. Ann McGuinness | Nil | |
| Mr. Paddy Phipps | Nil | |
| The Fire Services Council | Donal Connolly (Chairman) | 15,750 (in respect of 2005 and first 6 months of 2006) |
| Margaret Adams | Nil | |
| Mary Bohan | Nil | |
| Stephen Brady | Nil | |
| Gus Byrne | Nil | |
| Jim Byrne | Nil | |
| Teresa Casserly | Nil | |
| Michael Cassidy | Nil | |
| Anne Costelloe | Nil | |
| Majella Dempsey | Nil | |
| Frank Dennison | Nil | |
| Bernie Doherty | Nil | |
| Noreen Dunne | Nil | |
| Jim Dunphy | Nil | |
| John Fitzsimons | Nil | |
| Michael Fitzsimons | Nil | |
| Michael Forrest | Nil | |
| Tony Gleeson | Nil | |
| Shirley Groarke | Nil | |
| Gerard Guerin | Nil | |
| Fiona Holland | Nil | |
| Martin Lawton | Nil | |
| John L'Estrange | Nil | |
| Michael Manley | Nil | |
| Brendan McCoy | Nil | |
| Attracta McKay | Nil | |
| Frances Murray | Nil | |
| Con Murphy | Nil | |
| Enda Nolan | Nil | |
| Teddy O'Connor | Nil | |
| Mary Wheatley | Nil | |
| Theresa White | Nil | |
| Comhar | John Bowman (Chairman) | 132,542.00 |
| Jackie Healy-Rae | Nil | |
| Declan Burns | Nil | |
| Paddy Fitzmaurice | Nil | |
| Joe Gavin | Nil | |
| Joe O'Gorman | Nil | |
| Geraldine Tallon | Nil | |
| Des Cummins | Nil | |
| Jim Devlin | Nil | |
| Brendan Leahy | Nil | |
| Mary Kelly | Nil | |
| Terence O'Donnell | Nil | |
| Fergus Whelan | Nil | |
| Karin Dubsky | Nil | |
| Philip Geoghegan | Nil | |
| Jeanne Meldon | Nil | |
| Gráinne O'Leary | Nil | |
| Sadhbh O'Neill | Nil | |
| Jennifer Wann | Nil | |
| Anne Clune | Nil | |
| Josephine Henry | Nil | |
| Liz O'Brien | Nil | |
| Seán Regan | Nil | |
| Bernie Walsh | Nil | |
| T. Kieran Kennedy | Nil | |
| Richard Moles | Nil | |
| Máire Ní Chionna | Nil | |
| Aileen Payne | Nil | |
| Cllr. Jim Shortt | Nil | |
| Olga Carey | Nil | |
| Donal Buckley | Nil | |
| Sandra Kehoe | Nil | |
| Padraig Haugh | Nil | |
| Ruaidhrí Deasy | Nil | |
| Elaine Nevin | Nil | |
| Liz Cullen | Nil | |
| Pat Finnegan | Nil | |
| David Healy | Nil | |
| Emer Ó Siochrú | Nil | |
| Bernie Walsh | Nil | |
| Br. Kevin Codd | Nil | |
| Sharyn Long | Nil | |
| Josephine Henry | Nil | |
| Billy Murphy | Nil | |
| Richard Moles | Nil | |
| Rachel Kenny | Nil | |
| John Hammond | Nil | |
| James Pike | Nil | |
| Frank Convery | Nil | |
| Tony Larkin | Nil | |
| Tom O'Mahony | Nil | |
| Cllr. Therese Ridge | Nil | |
| Laura Burke | Nil | |
| Niamh Hunt | Nil | |
| Donal Buckley | Nil | |
| Paula Carey | Nil | |
| Emer Dunne | Nil | |
| Ruaidhrí Deasy | Nil | |
| Aoife Cassidy | Nil | |
| Pat Finnegan | Nil | |
| David Healy | Nil | |
| Richard Douthwaite | Nil | |
| Ornagh Darcy | Nil | |
| Matthew Seebach | Nil | |
| Caitriona Maguire | Nil | |
| Carmel Sheridan | Nil | |
| Emer Colleran | Nil | |
| The Housing Finance Agency | James Hehir | Nil |
| Finola Kennedy (Chair) | 24,941.00 | |
| Ciaran Murphy | Nil | |
| Daniel Hurley | 16,205.00 | |
| Finbarr Kennelly | 16,205.00 | |
| Fr. Patrick Cogan | 44,774.00 | |
| Terence Cosgrave | Nil | |
| Mari Hurley | 968.00 | |
| Maureen Lynott | 44,774.00 | |
| Nuala Fennell | 7,871.00 | |
| Patricia Robinson | 16,205.00 | |
| Patrick d'Arcy | 16,128.00 | |
| Thomas Corcoran | Nil | |
| Thomas Cullen | 16,205.00 | |
| Edward Coffey (Chair) | 42,820.00 | |
| Áine Stapleton | Nil | |
| Brenda McVeigh | Nil | |
| Jackie Maguire | Nil | |
| Larry Butler | 2,736.00 | |
| Lorcan Allen | 25,851.00 | |
| Maria Graham | Nil | |
| Mary Malcolm | 25,851.00 | |
| Michael Hayes | 28,569.00 | |
| Theresa White | Nil | |
| Thomas Reilly | 25,851.00 | |
| National Building Agency | Terry Slowey | 12,063.00 |
| Tom Corcoran | Nil | |
| Sean O'Leary | Nil | |
| Richard Howlin | 67,640.00 | |
| Jim Barrett | Nil | |
| Alison Boyle | 26,718.00 | |
| Cllr. Gus Byrne | 28,968.00 | |
| Des Dowling | Nil | |
| Margaret Doyle | 45,072.00 | |
| Cllr. Joe Behan | 10,319.00 | |
| Ann Mc Guinness | Nil | |
| John McCloskey | 30,816.00 | |
| Mary Nevin | 30,816.00 | |
| Sandra Nowlan | 33,070.00 | |
| Joan O'Connor | 45,072.00 | |
| Matt O'Connor | 47,322.00 | |
| Cllr. Pat Leahy | 13,754.00 | |
| Gráinne Shaffrey | Nil | |
| Eddie Breen | Nil | |
| Michael D. Hayes | 2,250.00 | |
| Cllr. P. J. Kavanagh | 2,250.00 | |
| Bernie Lowe | 2,250.00 | |
| Tom Breen | 13,334.00 | |
| Peter Roche | 13,334.00 | |
| Vincent Toher | 13,334.00 | |
| Private Rented Tenancies Board | Mr. Tom Dunne (Chairman) | 26,046.00 |
| Ms. Anne Colley | 18,619.00 | |
| Mr. Pat Riney | 13,181.00 | |
| Ms. Marjorie Murphy | 11,789.00 | |
| Ms. Mary Heaslip | 18,568.00 | |
| Mr. Fintan Mc Namara | 24,277.00 | |
| Ms. Aideen Hayden | 21,553.00 | |
| Mr. Liam O'Donnell | 13,786.00 | |
| Mr. Tony Taaffe | 20,860.00 | |
| Dr. Bairbre Redmond | 18,022.00 | |
| Dr. Eoin O'Sullivan | 25,514.00 | |
| Ms. Dervla Quinn | 27,018.00 | |
| Mr. Jim Bridgeman | 17,566.00 | |
| Mr. Conn Murray | Nil | |
| Ms. Sheila McMahon | Nil | |
| Rent Tribunal | Ms. Moya Quinlan (Chairperson) | 20,061.00 |
| Ms. Mary Doyle | 29,513.00 | |
| Ms. Louise Maloney | 24,679.00 | |
| Mr Bill Stanbridge | 20,964.00 | |
| Mr. Kieran Buckley | 9,685.00 | |
| Ms. Moretta Kinsella | 9,084.00 | |
| Mr. Fred Devlin | 3,393.00 | |
| Former Members | ||
| Mr. Brendan Dillion | 3,028.00 | |
| Mr. Joseph McPeake | 6,132.00 | |
| Mr. Felix McKenna | 688.00 | |
| Mr. Val Stone | 1,229.00 | |
| Mr. Joseph Maguire | 881.00 | |
| Ms. Mary Devins | 432.00 | |
| Ms. Sheila O'Flynn | 1,035.00 | |
| Mr. Vincent Toher | 347.00 | |
| Mr. Patrick Riney | 5,302.00 | |
| Mr. John Leddin | 1,249.00 | |
| *The information in relation to the Heritage Council and the RPII is in respect of 2003 onwards as these bodies only came under my Department's aegis following the last change of Government. |
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