Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 192: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [30618/08]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 195: To ask the Taoiseach the bonuses, merit awards and other payments above the basic salary that have been 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. [31199/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 195 together.

CSO

The Director General of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) receives no bonuses or merit awards above the basic salary of his post. As an established civil servant, the current Director General will be entitled to a pension/lump sum under current Civil Service pension entitlements on his retirement.

NSB

The Chairperson of the National Statistics Board (NSB) receives a set stipend in accordance with Department of Finance scales. No additional payments were made in 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008.

NESC, NESF, NCPP

The position in relation to the NESC, NESF and NCPP is as follows: Pay and Emoluments granted to Directors of NESC, NESF and NCPP:

None of the Directors is in receipt of any bonuses, performance or otherwise.

The position in relation to pension is as follows:

The Chair of the NESDO and NESC receives no pay, bonuses or pension entitlements in respect of his position as either Chair of NESDO or Chair of NESC;

the terms and conditions of employment, including pension details of the Chair of NESF are under consideration at the moment;

the Chair of the NCPP has no pension entitlement with NESDO at present;

the Chief Officer of NESDO, who is also the Director of NESC, receives no additional salary, bonus or pension entitlement for his role as Chief Officer. As Director of NESC, he is entitled to an allowance of 16.66% of salary in lieu of pension;

the Director of NESF is on secondment from the Department of the Taoiseach and is a member of the Civil Service Pension Scheme; and

the Director of NCPP is on secondment from the Department of Education and Science and is a member of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.