Written answers

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Staff

4:00 pm

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the names of the companies involved; the annual remuneration received, if any; if they are indemnified by his Department in respect of their role as directors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16415/12]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Three officials from my Department are serving as directors of companies arising from their employment. The officers concerned do not receive remuneration. Mr. Micheál Delaney is a director of Middletown Centre for Autism (Holdings) Limited. Mr. Des O'Loughlin and Ms. Gerardine Skelly are directors of Léargas, the Exchange Bureau. I understand from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that the Office of the Attorney General has advised that people working for the State are entitled to be indemnified for such work. The indemnification would cover any reasonable legal fees and/or damages incurred where people are sued for undertaking their duties on behalf of the State provided they acted in good faith and in a bona fide manner. The State carries its own insurance in this regard. This indemnity would apply to those civil servants appointed to State boards as part of their official duties.

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