Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 19 February 2009, if she is in a position to provide the details requested. [10719/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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In my reply of 19 February 2009, I indicated that my Department has asked the Health Service Executive to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to staff employed by it whose remuneration arrangements would be comprehended by the question. The Health Service Executive will respond to the Deputy as soon as possible. In relation to bodies under the remit of my Department, the salary of the Director of Food, Science and Standards of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland is linked to that of the Assistant Secretary scale on a strictly personal basis. This arrangement was approved by the Department of Finance as an exceptional measure on the basis of a case made to my Department by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. No other such remuneration arrangements exist in respect of any of the other bodies under the remit of my Department.