Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 451: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the following information regarding the agencies operating under the aegis of his Department (details supplied), the number of whole time equivalent staff, the number of board members; the chairperson and board members respective remuneration packages; the annual wage bill and the amount of central funding provided to the agency inclusive of wage bill [30774/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The information requested in relation to the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Civil Defence is as follows:

There is no remuneration paid to the members of these boards.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 452: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all non-commercial State agencies under the aegis of his Department. [30780/11]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Defence if all non-commercial State agency employees under his Department's aegis are paid directly from the Exchequer.. [30885/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 452 and 454 together.

The non commercial State agencies under the aegis of the Department of Defence are the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard.

The staff of the Civil Defence Board and the Army Pensions Board are paid from the Exchequer by the Department of Defence.

In the context of settling the Estimates for the Department of Defence for 2010, the Government decided that the national sail training scheme operated by Coiste an Asgard would be discontinued as recommended in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure. As a result, no funding was provided in 2010 or 2011. No staff have been seconded to Coiste an Asgard since 2010, and the Board will be dissolved shortly.