Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 86 to 88, inclusive, of 22 September 2009, if she is in a position to provide the information requested. [37837/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out. Names, backgrounds and positions of the chairpersons of AnCO and FÁS since 1968: The following is a list of Chairpersons of AnCo and of FÁS since 1967. It has not been possible to provide exact dates for all appointment terms, but, where known, these are indicated below:

Chairpersons of AnCO:

15/05/1967 – early 1971 AnCO Mr. Michael Killeen

Chief Executive Officer

Irish Trade Board

01/03/1971 – early 1978 AnCO Mr. Paul Quigley

General Manager

Shannon Free Airport Development Company

27/03/1978 – late 1984 AnCO Mr. William B. Mulligan, FCA, FCIT Chief Executive Officer B & I Line 01/01/1985 – 30/09/1986 AnCO Mr. Niall Greene Chief Executive Youth Employment Agency

01/10/1986 – 31/12/1987 AnCO Mr. John Lynch

Chief Executive Officer

Irish Productivity Centre

Chairpersons of FÁS:

01/01/1988 – Dec. 1990 FÁS John Lynch

Chief Executive Officer

Irish Productivity Centre

Dec. 1990 – 31/12/1997 FÁS Mr. Christopher Kirwan

President

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

01/01/1998 – 31/12/2000 FÁS Mr. Patrick Lynch

Managing Director

Irish Shell

01/01/2001 – 31/12/2005 FÁS Mr. Brian Geoghegan

Director

Irish Business and Employers Confederation

01/01/2006 – 01/10/2009 FÁS Mr. Peter McLoone

President

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Names of the Directors General of AnCO and FÁS since 1968:

Information in respect of the Directors General from 1970 onwards was already provided to the Deputy in my earlier reply. For ease of reference it is provided again.

Directors General of AnCO:

Name: Dates:

1. Brian MacManus 1967 – 29/07/1970

2. Jack A. Agnew 30/07/1970 – 31/10/1982

3. Malachy Sherlock 01/11/1982 – 31/12/1987

Directors General of FÁS:

4. J. B. Leahy 01/01/1988 – 31/12/1990

5. Gerry Pyke (acting for two months, early 1991)

6. John J. Lynch 18/02/1991 – 01/10/2000

7. Rody Molloy 02/10/2000 – 25/11/2008

8. Eddie Sullivan 08/12/2008 – 05/06/2009

9. Paul O'Toole 08/06/2009 to date

Circumstances surrounding the departure of the first Director General of FÁS

I understand that the first Director General of FÁS took voluntary early retirement in December 1990. The retirement package paid to the officer, encompassing a lump sum and pension, included an enhancement of 10 added years service, which was approved by the Department of Finance and took into consideration the officer's prior service with Irish Sugar, which had not been reckonable for benefit purposes under the FÁS Pension Scheme. The package, for which Department of Finance sanction was given, comprised a lump sum of £61,780.89 (£56,232.29 net) and a pension calculated at £20,536.06 per annum.

In 1992 a further payment of £75,000 (£39,322.50 net) plus the transfer of a car into the name of the former Director General to the market value of £2,000 was made in settlement of a High Court action in respect of a claim for an enhanced severance package taken by him against the Minister for Labour and FÁS.