Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 592: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of State agencies currently financed by the Exchequer; the number of board members attending each State agency; the expenses issued for each meeting; if any review of the membership of board members is to be taken in order to monitor attendance levels or lack of attendance by any member; and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2051/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Details of the Exchequer funded State Agencies under the aegis of my Department are outlined in the table below:

The Boards of An Bord Pleanála and the Environmental Protection Agency are executive in nature, and board members are full time, salaried positions. Consequently, board members do not receive attendance expenses.

Under Section 3.8 of the Revised and Up-dated Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, published by the Department of Finance in 2009, each Board should keep under review its own performance and that of its committees and individual directors and the attendance of each Board Member at board meetings should be reported in the Agency's Annual Report. Composite details in relation to expenses in the Exchequer funded Agencies are also available within the respective annual reports. The Interim Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency was established initially on an administrative basis in 2010, its board was appointed in 2011 and it will publish its first annual report, covering 2011, this year.