Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 59: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the consultations that occurred with his Department regarding the employment as fundraiser of a former Údarás na Gaeltachta chief executive for University College Galway. [31218/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148 and 1149 of 27 Meán Fómhair 2006, wherein I clarified that my Department had no role in the awarding of a part-time employment contract to the former Údarás na Gaeltachta Chief Executive by NUI Galway. Accordingly, no consultations took place with my Department in this regard.

However, in the period leading up to the imminent chief executive vacancy, contacts were made between officials of my Department and Údarás na Gaeltachta regarding proper procedures to be adhered to in relation to the appointment of a new chief executive, and in matters relating to the severance arrangements for the outgoing chief executive. In the course of this dialogue, my officials emphasised that the severance arrangements were required to be in line with the conditions set down by the Department of Finance in May 1998 regarding Severance and Early Retirement for Chief Executives of State Sponsored Bodies.