Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Refugee Appeals Tribunal
5:00 pm
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the members of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; the dates of their appointment; and the remuneration paid to each of them in each of the years since their appointment. [47287/08]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out at Tables 1 to 3. The Refugee Appeals Tribunal has been in operation since November 2000 and is currently comprised of a full time Chairperson and 35 part-time Members.
| Table 1 — Current Members of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal | |
| Name | Date of Initial Appointment |
| 1. Eamonn Cahill, SC | 20/11/00 |
| 2. Eamonn Barnes, BL | 20/11/00 |
| 3. Donal Egan, BL | 20/11/00 |
| 4. Patrick Hurley, Solr | 20/11/00 |
| 5. Bernadette Cronin, SC | 20/11/00 |
| 6. Michael O'Kennedy, SC | 05/06/02 |
| 7. Olive Brennan, BL | 30/04/03 |
| 8. Michelle O'Gorman, BL | 17/07/01 |
| 9. David Andrews, SC | 05/06/02 |
| 10. Ben Garvey, BL | 26/09/01 |
| 11. Joseph Barnes, BL | 23/05/02 |
| 12. Paul A. McGarry, BL | 21/01/02 |
| 13. Bruce St. John Blake, Solr | 22/02/02 |
| 14. Denis Linehan, Solr | 04/03/02 |
| 15. Anne Tait, Solr | 12/03/02 |
| 16.John Hayes, Solr | 12/03/02 |
| 17. Bernard McCabe, BL | 12/01/04 |
| 18. Ricardo Dourado, BL | 12/01/04 |
| 19. Elizabeth O'Brien, BL | 12/01/04 |
| 20. Susan Nolan, Solr | 08/03/04 |
| 21. Samantha Cruess Callaghan, BL | 10/03/04 |
| 22. Margaret Levey, BL | 10/06/04 |
| 23. Judy Blake, BL | 20/12/04 |
| 24. Sean Deegan, BL | 20/12/04 |
| 25. David Goldberg, SC | 20/01/05 |
| 26. Majella Twomey, BL | 04/07/07 |
| 27. Laura MacKenna, BL | 04/07/07 |
| 28. Conor Gallagher, BL | 04/07/07 |
| 29. Paul Christopher, BL | 28/11/07 |
| 30. Brendan Gogarty, BL | 28/11/07 |
| 31. Fergus O'Connor, BL | 28/11/07 |
| 32. Paul Gormley, BL | 28/11/07 |
| 33. Nehru Morgan Pillay, BL | 08/04/08 |
| 34. Emma Toal, BL | 02/05/08 |
| 35. Sean Bellew, BL | 31/08/08 |
| Table 2 — Remuneration Paid to Current Members 2001-2004 | ||||
| Tribunal Member | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| € | € | € | € | |
| E. Cahill, SC | 63,606.44 | 156,198.20 | 109,653.81 | 112,766.23 |
| E. Barnes, BL | 26,603.34 | 62,862.19 | 41,708.73 | 62,472.95 |
| D. Egan, BL | 42,708.91 | 88,588.34 | 116,315.44 | 94,588.18 |
| P. Hurley, Solr | 21,410.32 | 129,783.23 | 90,941.02 | 116,573.67 |
| B. Cronin, SC | 36,878.27 | 156,103.38 | 129,799.58 | 128,348.96 |
| M. O'Kennedy, SC | 14,335.84 | 87,196.92 | 81,333.21 | |
| O. Brennan, BL | 19,097.45 | 124,841.03 | ||
| M. O'Gorman, BL | 4,670.10 | 70,907.88 | 76,735.48 | 86,734.64 |
| D. Andrews, SC | 18,582.94 | 55,638.86 | 93,865.54 | |
| B. Garvey, BL | 2,285.53 | 95,831.50 | 155,416.31 | 194,085.88 |
| J. Barnes, BL | 2,025.29 | 10,049.07 | 28,957.16 | 9,550.58 |
| P. McGarry, BL | 47,116.53 | 82,419.55 | 57,781.16 | |
| B. St. John Blake, Solr | 18,503.08 | 56,366.67 | 40,357.96 | |
| D. Linehan, Solr | 20,887.44 | 57,422.99 | 131,848.88 | |
| A. Tait, Solr | 15,611.24 | 45,345.36 | 22,391.66 | |
| J. Hayes, Solr | 49,837.87 | 82,385.41 | 54,719.25 | |
| B. McCabe, BL | 35,397.98 | |||
| R. Dourado, BL | 20,698.90 | |||
| E. O'Brien, BL | 54,094.90 | |||
| S. Nolan, Solr | 17,130.24 | |||
| S. Cruess Callaghan, BL | 17,600.68 | |||
| M. Levey, BL | 11,792.07 | |||
| J. Blake, BL | 0.00 | |||
| S. Deegan, BL | 0.00 |
| Table 3 — Remuneration Paid to Current Members 2005-2008 | ||||
| Tribunal Member | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| € | € | € | € | |
| E. Cahill, SC | 81,353.44 | 39,926.67 | 44,155.24 | 55,564.41 |
| E. Barnes, BL | 27,621.64 | 20,014.64 | 3,021.75 | 8,167.05 |
| D. Egan, BL | 46,941.39 | 32,340.28 | 13,571.90 | 8,130.75 |
| P. Hurley, Solr | 88,851.57 | 44,608.27 | 20,012.65 | 46,505.90 |
| B. Cronin, SC | 92,817.33 | 25,061.53 | 3,938.25 | 9,262.10 |
| M. O'Kennedy, SC | 67,065.77 | 51,959.23 | 9,576.85 | 14,955.15 |
| O. Brennan, BL | 98,112.90 | 92,093.10 | 64,621.81 | 68,351.06 |
| M. O'Gorman, BL | 99,540.67 | 73,984.85 | 113,488.88 | 160,222.10 |
| D. Andrews, SC | 100,627.26 | 63,273.63 | 64,462.60 | 80,694.75 |
| B. Garvey, BL | 101,548.69 | 72,852.19 | 113,170.12 | 103,262.05 |
| J. Barnes, BL | 1,417.53 | |||
| P. McGarry, BL | 46,931.07 | 30,256.05 | 10,817.25 | 10,275.85 |
| B. St. John Blake, Solr | 49,210.77 | 10,710.79 | 762.00 | 4,431.25 |
| D. Linehan, Solr | 65,597.15 | 35,017.40 | 40,595.50 | 41,420.50 |
| A. Tait, Solr | 36,839.06 | 13,125.40 | 4,374.15 | 2,813.10 |
| J. Hayes, Solr | 47,853.73 | 13,567.67 | 7,538.15 | 11,579.25 |
| B. McCabe, BL | 52,391.82 | 60,370.47 | 102,940.60 | 109,148.85 |
| R. Dourado, BL | 33,563.63 | 29,264.17 | 18,204.15 | 24,814.25 |
| E. O'Brien, BL | 100,390.72 | 99,335.56 | 103,414.40 | 86,204.21 |
| S. Nolan, Solr | 37,590.42 | 31,648.62 | 20,309.55 | 27,448.40 |
| S. Cruess Callaghan, BL | 34,465.07 | 19,215.41 | 13,848.15 | 13,630.50 |
| M. Levey, BL | 57,270.54 | 38,907.41 | 58,848.20 | 81,273.30 |
| J. Blake, BL | 15,645.33 | 7,389.03 | 4,746.00 | 8,599.70 |
| S. Deegan, BL | 6,508.01 | 14,274.00 | 3,871.50 | 7,552.50 |
| D. Goldberg, SC | 9,542.10 | 10,884.76 | 19,081.40 | 18,049.80 |
| M. Twomey, BL | 1,772.50 | 29,974.20 | ||
| L. MacKenna, BL | 1,772.50 | 19,786.00 | ||
| C. Gallagher, BL | 1,781.65 | 15,783.70 | ||
| P. Christopher, BL | 7,719.50 | |||
| B. Gogarty, BL | 952.50 | |||
| F. O'Connor, BL | 13,551.55 | |||
| P. Gormley, BL | 6,566.75 | |||
| N. Morgan Pillay, BL | 11,549.00 | |||
| E. Toal, BL | 2,011.25 | |||
| S. Bellew, BL | 0.00 |
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