Written answers

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation

Departmental Agencies

9:00 am

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 420: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the process for appointing persons to the Employment Appeals Tribunal, who have been appointed to the Employment Appeals Tribunal since the start of 2009; when they were appointed; who appointed them; the remuneration arrangements that exist for appointments to the Employment Appeals Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34922/10]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Employment Appeals Tribunal was established under the Redundancy Payment Act 1967. The Tribunal consists of:

1. A Chairman who before appointment shall have at least 7 years' experience as a practising barrister or solicitor; 2. Vice-Chairmen who are either barristers or solicitors with at least 5 years practice; 3. Ordinary Members.

Under the Act, all appointments are made by the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Innovation. The Minister's power to make appointments is delegated to the Minister for Labour Affairs. Appointments of the Chairman and Vice-Chairs are at the sole discretion of the Minister. Under the Act, half of the Ordinary Members are "…persons nominated for that purpose by an organisation representative of trade unions of workers" and half are "…persons nominated for that purpose by a body or bodies representative of employers". Members of the Tribunal are paid for their services on a per diem basis, the rates for which are set by the Minister for Finance. The current rates are, as follows:

PositionNature of FeeCurrent Rate
ChairpersonSitting€591.10
Conference€140.76
Vice ChairpersonSitting€381.34
Conference€113.11
MemberSitting€193.24
Conference€97.57

Members of the Tribunal are also eligible for reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the rates which are set by the Minister for Finance.

There were no appointments to the Tribunal in 2009. With the exception of the position of Chairman, the membership of the Tribunal fell to be renewed on 30 January 2010. I appointed those named as follows to be Members from that date.

Appointments in 2010

Vice-Chairmen

Sinéad Behan Graham Hanlon Roderick Maguire

Kieran Buckley Eamon Harrington Seán Mahon

Ann Marie Courell David Herlihy Jeananne McGovern

Fíona Crawford Elva Kearney Saundra McNally

Dorothy Donovan Margaret Levey Mark O'Connell

Catherine Egan James M. Lucey Moya Quinlan

Veronica Gates Dermot MacCarthy Nicholas Russell

Bernadette Glynn Orna Madden Jeremiah Sheedy

Pamela Clancy Dara Hayes Jeremiah O'Connor Charles Corcoran Patrick Hurley Peter J. O'Leary Emile Daly Mary McAveety Joe Revington John F. Fahy Penelope McGrath Thomas Ryan James Flanagan Eamon Murray Tony Taaffe Myles Gilvarry Niamh O'Carroll Kelly Clodagh Gleeson Leachlain S. Ó Catháin

Employees Panel

Frank Barry John Flannery Patrick King

Thomas Brady Tom J. Gill Sean Mackell

Eveta Brezina Helen Henry Máire Mulcahy

Alexander Butler Thomas A. Hogan Helen Murphy

J. Finbarr Dorgan Suzanne Kelly Séamus O'Donnell

Patsy Doyle Tony Kelly Ciaran Ryan

Mary Finnerty Frank Keoghan David Thomas

James Dorney Joe Maher Owen Nulty

Noel Dowling Mary Maher Michael O'Reilly

John Flavin Dominic McEvoy Patrick Trehy

Noirin Greene Michael McGarry Gerard Whyte

Jim Jordan Alice Moore Owen Wills

Hilary Kelleher Jim Moore Paddy Woods

Rosabel Kerrigan Phil Ní Sheaghdha

Employers Panel

Gerard Andrews James Hennessy Tom O'Grady

Pat Casey Ben Kealy James O'Neill

John G. Flanagan Finbar Moloney Patrick Pierce

Moss Flood Desmond Morrison Robert D. E. Prole

Angela Gaule Michael J. Murphy John Reid

James Goulding Michael Noone Declan F. Winston

Eamon C. Handley William O'Carroll Joe Browne

Con Lucey Tadg O'Sullivan Michael Carr

Gerry McAuliffe Dermot Peakin Frank Cunneen

Cyril McHugh Peter J. Pierson Thomas L. Gill

Don Moore William Power Don Hegarty

Roger F. Murphy Máire Sweeney John Horan

Aidan O'Mara Liam Tobin J.J. Killian

Neil Ormond Jean Winters

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