Written answers
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Departmental Expenditure
4:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 769: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expenditure by his Department on consultants for each of the past six calendar years, including to date in 2008; the breakdown of these figures in order to show the amount and proportion of expenditure on consultants which relates to expenditure on public relations, marketing or advertising consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28388/08]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The total spend by year in relation to expenditure on consultancy by my Department for 2003-2008 was asfollows:
| Year | Cost |
| â'¬m | |
| 2003 | 2.5 |
| 2004 | 2.5 |
| 2005 | 3.1 |
| 2006 | 2.7 |
| 2007 | 1.6 |
| 2008 | 1.0 |
Included in the above is the following expenditure on PR/Advertising consultancy:
| Year | Cost |
| â'¬ | |
| 2003 | 379,994 |
| 2004 | 259,215 |
| 2005 | 359,890 |
| 2006 | 209,635 |
| 2007 | 168,814 |
| 2008 | 43,104 |
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 770: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the pay and emoluments granted to the chief executive officer, or equivalents, of all of the agencies under the control of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28401/08]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the salary of the current post holders in the role of Chief Executive Officer in each of the agencies under the aegis of my Department.
| Name of Body | CEO/Equivalent | Salary |
| Courts Service | CEO | Secretary General €216,516 |
| Equality Authority* | CEO | Assistant Secretary scale €128,535 – €147,036 |
| Garda Síochána Complaints Board* | CEO | Assistant Secretary scale €128,535 – €147,036 |
| Legal Aid Board* | CEO | Assistant Secretary scale €128,535 – €147,036 |
| National Disability Authority | CEO | Principal Higher scale €90,468 – €111,577 |
| Office of the Data Protection Commissioner* | Data Protection Commissioner | Assistant Secretary scale €128,535 – €147,036 |
| Private Security Authority | CEO | Principal Officer scale €84,066 – €103,982 plus Director's allowance (€13,853) |
| Property Registration Authority * | CEO | Deputy Secretary General €173,217 |
| Human Rights Commission* | President | High Court Judge €237,151 |
| *These post holders are covered by the Civil Service-wide scheme of performance related awards. The operation of the scheme is overseen by the Committee for Performance Awards. The funding for awards is based on 10% of the payroll for the posts covered by the scheme. Within this overall limit, payments of up to 20% can be made to individuals. |
The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is headed by a three person Commission comprising a Chairperson and two Commissioners. The Chairperson is paid a High Court Judge's salary of €237,151 and the Commissioners are on a specific one point scale of €163,329.
In addition to these posts, there are also a number of other full-time Heads of Office in the Justice and Equality Sector (that are generally graded at Deputy or Assistant Secretary level) responsible for the Irish Prison Service, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), the Equality Tribunal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, the Office of the Film Censor, the State Pathology Service, etc.
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