Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in regard to departmental staff and bodies under the remit of his Department, he will provide details of those remuneration arrangements which are currently in excess of a benchmarking recommendation or a recommendation from the Review Body on Higher Remuneration or which are subject to a personal rate; the position and grade the person is currently holding in each case; and the rationale for making a higher payment than that recommended in each case. [6840/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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All staff in my Department are on salary pay scales set out and approved by the Department of Finance. Local authorities and the following bodies are within the remit of my Department:

Affordable Homes Partnership

An Bord Pleanálá

Environmental Protection Agency

Housing Finance Agency

Limerick Regeneration Agencies

Local Government Computer Services Board

Local Government Management Services Board

National Building Agency

Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland

Dublin Docklands Authority

Irish Water Safety Association

Private Residential Tenancies Board

Regional Assemblies

The Heritage Council.

The pay and emoluments notified by my Department to these bodies, following sanction by the Department of Finance, are in line with the recommendations of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector and the Benchmarking Body, where appropriate. In accordance with the guidelines of the Review Body, individual arrangements in regard to pension and other emoluments may be entered into as part of a remuneration package. In this regard, emoluments in relation to travel expenses and pension contributions are expected to be contained within the contract of employment and, therefore, could vary from post to post, and person to person. In accordance with advice provided by the Information Commissioner, in relation to the corresponding Civil Service Scheme, information naming officials and individual amounts paid to them is deemed a personal record and consequently is not made publicly available.