Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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A total of fifteen special advisers were appointed in my Department between June 1997 and February 2011, three of these being female. In line with Ministerial Guidelines issued by the Department of Finance remuneration for Special Advisers is based on the Principal Officer (standard) scale currently:

€80,051 – €83,337 - €86,604 – €89,898 – €92,672.

Between 1997 and February 2011 Special Advisers' pay in this Department generally ranged from first point of the Principal Officer (PO) payscale to the maximum of that scale. Where there were exceptions to this rule they are reflected in the attached table:

Special Adviser	Gender	From	To	Salary at commencement date
1	Male	15/1/01	29/9/04	£70,000 per annum (p.a.)
1	Male	1/7/97	28/10/03	£45,786 p.a.– maximum of PO Higher payscale
1 Press Adviser	Male	12/1/98	1/12/99	Assistant Principal (AP) Salary plus 10% attraction allowance
1	Male	1/12/99	29/9/04	PO payscale (maximum)£62,112 p.a.
1	Male	29/9/04	6/5/08	€75,042 p.a. – 2nd point of PO Standard payscale + 10% attraction allowance
1	Female	29/9/04	6/5/08	€83,707 p.a. – 5th point of PO Standard payscale
1	Female	29/9/94	3/11/06	€78,075 p.a. – 3rd point of PO Standard payscale
1	Male	11/12/06	19/5/08	€78,066 p.a. – 1st point of PO Standard payscale
1	Male	6/11/07	13/5/08	€80,016 p.a. – 1st point of PO Standard payscale
1	Male	7/5/08	21/4/09	€94,740 p.a. – 4th point of PO Standard payscale
1	Male	28/7/08	21/4/09	€91,170 p.a. – 3rd point of PO Standard payscale
1	Male	7/5/08	21/4/09	€64,565 p.a. – 1st point of AP Standard payscale – adjusted to 1st point of PO Standard Payscale after 2 years
1	Male	13/5/08	21/4/09	€87,628 p.a. – 2nd point of PO Standard payscale
1	Female	23/3/10	20/1/11	€94,496 p.a. – 4th point of PO Standard payscale
1	Male	23/3/10	20/1/11	€83,337 p.a. – 2nd point of PO Standard payscale

APPOINTMENTS TO STATE BOARDS

Health & Safety Authority

The appointments made to the Board of the Health and Safety Authority reflect occasions when the Board needed to be renewed in line with statutory provisions and also reflect replacements due to vacancies arising from time to time.

Agency	Year	Numberof Appointments	Male	% Male	Female	% Female
Health and Safety Authority	June to Dec 1997	Nil
1998	12	9	75%	3	25%
1999	Nil
2000	2	2	100%	0	0%
2001	12	8	66.6%	4	33.3%
2002	1	1	100%	0	0%
2003	Nil
2004	11	7	64%	4	36%
2005	1	0	0%	1	100%
2006	Nil
2007	11	6	55%	5	45%
2008	1	1	100%	0	0%
2009	Nil
2010	12	9	75%	3	25%
January -February 2011	Nil
Total	63	43	68%	20	32%

Labour Relations Commission Board

Year	Total Number of Appointments	Male	% Male	Female	% Female
1997	Nil
1998	1	1	100	0	0
1999	Nil
2000	8	5	71%	2	29%
2001	Nil
2002	Nil
2003	7	5	71%	2	29%
2004	1	1	100%	0	100%
2005	Nil
2006	7	6	86%	1	14%
2007	1	1	100%	0	100%
2008	Nil
2009	7	6	86%	1	14%
2010-2011	Nil

Patents Office

Board	Year	NumberAppointed	Male	%	Female	%
Patent Agents Registration Board	1998	4	4	100%	0	-
2001	5	4	80%	1	20%
2004	5	3	60%	2	40%
2007	5	3	60%	2	40%
2010	5	3	60%	2	40%

Trade Mark Agents Registration Board	1998	4	4	100%	0	-
2001	5	5	100%	0	-
2004	5	4	80%	1	20%
2007	5	4	80%	1	20%
2010	5	5	100%	0	-

Members of the Patent & Trade Mark Agents Registration Boards are appointed every three years by the Minister for a period of three years.

Science Foundation Ireland

Science Foundation Ireland was established under the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act of 2003 which provides for a maximum of 12 Board members.

Members are appointed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation with the approval of the Minister for Finance and in consultation with the Minister for Education and Skills. Section 9 of the 2003 legislation underpinning SFI provides for the retirement of 2 members of the Board each year.

In the period since its establishment in 2003 there have been 34 appointments to the Board of SFI with 22 being male and 12 being female.

Agency	Year	NumberAppointed	Male	%	Female	%
Science Foundation Ireland	2003	13	8	61	5	39
2004	2	0	0	2	100
2005	2	2	100	0	0
2006	5	3	60	2	40
2007	4	3	75	1	25
2008	4	3	75	1	25
2009	2	1	50	1	50
2010	2	2	100	0	0

Intertrade Ireland

All appointments to North/South bodies, including InterTradeIreland, are made by the North South Ministerial Council. Nominations are generally made on a 50-50 basis; 50% by the Northern Ireland Executive, and 50% by the (Irish) Government.

Agency	Year	NumberAppointed	Male	%	Female	%
InterTradeIreland	1999	6	3	50%	3	50%
2002	6	3	50%	3	50%
2005	6	3	50%	3	50%
2006	6	3	50%	3	50%
2007	6	5	83%	1	17%

IDA Ireland

There were 25 appointments to the Board of IDA between June 1997 and February 2011, of which 11 were reappointments.

Agency	Year	NumberAppointed	Male	%	Female	%
IDA Ireland	1998	2	2	100	0	0
1999	3	3	100	0	0
2000	3	2	66	1	33
2001	2	2	100	0	0
2002	2	1	50	1	50
2003	2	1	50	1	50
2004	1	1	100	0	0
2005	1	1	100	0	0
2006	1	0	0	1	100
2007	2	1	50	1	50
2008	1	1	100	0	0
2009	1	1	100	0	0
2010	3	2	66	1	33
2011	1	1	100	0	0

Shannon Development

There were 38 appointments to the Board of Shannon Development during the period June 1997 to February 2011, 11 of which were reappointments.

Agency	Year	NumberAppointed	Male	%	Female	%
ShannonDevelopment	1997	2	1	50%	1	50%
1998	3	2	67%	1	33%
1999	3	3	100%	0	0%
2000	4	2	50%	2	50%
2001	0	0	-	0	-
2002	3	2	67%	1	33%
2003	1	1	100%	0	0%
2004	3	3	100%	0	0%
2005	3	2	67%	1	33%
2006	3	1	33%	2	67%
2007	2	1	50%	1	50%
2008	2	2	100%	0	0%
2009	3	3	100%	0	0%
2010	2	2	100%	0	0%

Enterprise Ireland

Agency	Year	Number Appointed	Male	%	Female	%
Enterprise Ireland	1997	0	0	0%	0	0%
1998	9	7	78%	2	22%
1999	1	1	100%	0	0%
2000	0	0	0%	0	0%
2001	3	1	33%	2	67%
2002	0	0	0%	0	0%
2003	1	1	100%	0	0%
2004	2	1	50%	1	50%
2005	0	0	0%	0	0%
2006	0	0	0%	0	0%
2007	2	2	100%	0	0%
2008	6	4	67%	2	33%
2009	2	1	50%	1	50%
2010	2	1	50%	1	50%
2011	0	0	0%	0	0%

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Agency	Year	NumberAppointed	Male	%	Female	%
National Standards Authority of Ireland	1997
1998	1	0	0%	1	100%
1999	3	2	67%	1	33%
2000	3	2	67%	1	33%
2001	4	2	50%	2	50%
2002	4	2	50%	2	50%
2003	7	6	86%	1	14%
2004	4	3	75%	1	25%
2005	3	2	67%	1	33%
2006	3	2	67%	1	33%
2007	4	3	75%	1	25%
2008	4	1	25%	3	75%
2009	3	3	100%	0	0%
2010	4	3	75%	1	25%
2011

These figures include reappointments

Tyndall National Institute

The Tyndall National Institute was established in 2004 to provide Ireland with a national capability for research and development in information and communication technologies (ICT) hardware. The ICT research activities are focussed on three interrelated technical areas, identified as critical for Ireland in the future:

- Micro/Nanoelectronics

- Microsystems

- Photonics

Tyndall receives an annual core grant from DETI to cover costs of maintaining facilities, the functions of the Board and salaries of key strategic personnel. The DETI grant for 2011 is €3 million

There were 16 appointments to the Tyndall Board in the period in question. 13 were male and 3 were female.

Agency	Year	NumberAppointed	Male	%	Female	%
Tyndall National Institute	2004	10	9	90	1	10
2005	1	0	0	1	100
2006	1	1	100	0	0
2007	1	1	100	0	0
2008	0	0	0	0	0
2009	2	2	100	0	0
2010	1	0	0	1	100

Competition Authority

These numbers include reappointments.

Number of appointments	Male	%	Female	%
1997	0	-
1998	1	1	100%	-	-
1999	0	-
2000	2	2	100%	-	-
2001	2	2	50%	1	50%
2002	1	1	100%	0	-
2003	1	1	100%	0	-
2004	0	-	0	-
2005	2	2	100%	0	-
2006	4	3	75%	1	25%-
2007	0	-	0	-
2008	0	-	0	-
2009	0	-
2010	3 temporary appointments	2	66.6%	1	33.3%
2011	3 temporary appointments	2	66.6%	1	33.3%

National Consumer Agency (NCA)

The National Consumer Agency was established in 2007

Number of appointments	Male	%	Female	%
2007	12 plus the CEO.	8	55%	5	45%
2008	0
2009	0
2010	4	2	50%	2	50%
2011	0 to end February 2011

Personal Injuries Assessment Board

The Personal Injuries Assessment Board was established in April 2004. During the period between its establishment and February 2011 there have been 26 appointments made to the Board.

Number of appointments	Male	%	Female	%
2004	11	6	55%	5	45%
2005	0	-	-
2006	2	1	50%	1	50%
2007	0	-	-
2008	0
2009	10	6	60%	4	40%
2010	2	2	100%	0	-
2011	1 to end February 2011	1	100%

Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority

The Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority was established in January 2006. During the period between its establishment in January 2006 and February 2011 there have been 29 appointments made to the Board.

Number of appointments	Male	%	Female	%
2006	15	11	73%	4	27%
2007	2	2	100%	-	-
2009	5	4	80%	1	20%
2010	4	3	75%	1	25%
2011	3	3	100%	-	-

Forfás

A total of 47 appointments were made to the board of Forfas in the period 1 June 1997 to end February 2011 including 9 ex officio appointments.

Forfás Board Appointments
Year	Number Appointed	Male	%	Female%
1997	3	3	100%	00%
1998	3	3	100%	00%
1999	3	2	67%	133%
2000	2	2	100%	00%
2001	3	1	33%	267%
2002	3	3	100%	00%
2003	4	4	100%	00%
2004	4	4	100%	00%
2005	2	0	0%	2100%
2006	4	3	75%	125%
2007	3	3	100%	00%
2008	3	3	100%	00%
2009	2	1	50%	150%
2010	6	5	83%	117%
2011	2	2	100%	00%
47	39	8
Ratio of Male to Female Appointments in period 5:1 approx.
Notes
1.Includes reappointments
2. During this period there were 9 ex officio appointments (only one of which was female) . Excluding the ex officio appointments the ratio of male to female appointments is approximately 4.4 : 1

Nitrigin Eireann Teoranta

Year	No Appointed	Male	%	Female	%
Nitrigin EireannTeoranta	1997	3	2	67%	1	33%
1998	3	2	67%	1	33%
1999	2	2	100%	0	0%
2000	3	2	67%	1	33%
2001	0	0	-	0	-
2002	6	6	100%	0	-
2003	1	1	100%	0	-
2004	0	0	-	0	-
2005	0	0	-	0	-
2006	0	0	-	0	-
2007	0	0	-	0	-
Company dissolved on 1 December 2008	2008	0	0	-	0	-