Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 710: To ask the Minister for Transport the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of the chief executive officer of every public agency or quango under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30619/08]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 717: To ask the Minister for Transport the bonuses, merit awards and other payments above the basic salary they have approved for the heads of State agencies, boards and other quangos for 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the basis on which they made the decision to approve such awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31200/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 710 and 717 together.

It is the responsibility of the Boards of the relevant bodies under the aegis of my Department to agree terms and conditions (including pay and emoluments) of their respective Chief Executives or equivalents within the remuneration levels approved by my Department with the consent of the Department of Finance. It is also the responsibility of Boards each year in consultation with my Department to develop bonus criteria to assess the performance of their Chief Executives. Remuneration Committees of the Boards, generally augmented for this purpose by a civil servant from my Department, decide annually on the level of bonus to be awarded within parameters set down by the Department of Finance, and with regard to the bonus criteria adopted. Details of pay and emoluments are generally published in the Annual Reports.