Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 212: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each case; the remuneration package of officer holders in all forms of State agencies under the aegis of his Department which are comparable or higher than his salary, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19825/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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My annual salary as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and as a TD is €191,417. The Secretary General is the only other officer in my Department that has a comparable or higher salary, which is currently €215,590.

In relation to the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department the remuneration packages of the Chief Executives of the following Commercial Bodies are comparable to or higher than my salary: · RTÉ · TG4 · Bord Gáis Éireann · Bord na Móna · EirGrid · ESB · An Post · Ordnance Survey Ireland.

Details of the remuneration package for the Chief Executives of the above Bodies are available in the respective Annual Reports.

In relation to the non-commercial Bodies under the aegis of my Department, only the Chair of the Commission for Energy Regulation is in receipt of a comparable or higher salary. The current salary for the Chair is €198,569. The terms and conditions for this post are in line with those of the Civil Service Secretary General Grade III.