Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the salary of each chief executive of agencies under the aegis of his Department on 1 August 2008 and 1 September 2008 in tabular form; if a voluntary pay cut was taken by each CEO; if so, the date of same; the salary of the CEO at that date; the full benefits package now applying to each such person including pension contributions and amount of bonus, if any; if same was awarded, the way in which it was benchmarked; the cost of company car and any other benefit in kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13640/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the salary scales at 1 August 2008 and 1 September 2008 of the post holders in the role of Chief Executive Officer or relevant position in each of the agencies on those dates:

# During the course of Judge Kevin Haugh's service with GSOC (2006 - 2009), he was remunerated as a High Court Judge. Following Judge Haugh's death in January 2009, Mr Dermot Gallagher was appointed Commissioner with a salary of €90,000.

In addition to these posts, there are also a number of other full-time Heads of Office in the Justice and Equality Sector (that are generally graded at Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Principal Officer level) responsible for the Irish Prison Service, the Equality Tribunal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, the Irish Film Classification Office, the State Pathology Service etc.

The issue of a voluntary pay cut is a matter for each post holder. The statutory pay reductions provided for under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act, 2009 apply in respect of all post holders with effect from 1 January 2010.

All post holders, with the exception of the President of the Human Rights Commission and the Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, are members of the relevant civil service pension scheme for established or non-established staff. The President of the Human Rights Commission and the Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission have no pension entitlements in relation to their positions as President and Chairperson respectively.

Those post holders marked with an asterisk in the table above and a number of the Heads of Office in the Justice and Equality Sector were covered by the Civil Service-wide scheme of performance related awards. No payments were made under this scheme in respect of 2008 and subsequent years following the suspension of the scheme. None of the post holders above are in receipt of cars provided by the State.