Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 1521: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [30607/08]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1524: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [31188/08]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1521 and 1524 together.

The pay and all other elements of the remuneration package granted to the Chief Executive Officers of the commercial and non-commercial bodies under the control of my Department is the responsibility, in the first instance, of each board. The board agrees terms and conditions including remuneration, with my Department, within remuneration levels sanctioned by the Department of Finance.

Remuneration Committees of Boards, usually augmented by a nominated senior Departmental official, decide on the level of annual bonus to be awarded based on the extent to which agreed performance targets have been met. The final decision on these matters is made by the board and I have therefore no statutory function in this respect.

In the case of certain non-commercial bodies, such as the Regional Fisheries Boards, no bonus scheme exists. In addition, the remuneration of the Chief Executives of the Regional Fisheries Boards is within a set scale as sanctioned by the Department of Finance.

Details of pay and emoluments for each year are generally available in the published annual reports and accounts of the companies/agencies concerned.