Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [16416/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Current details in relation to staff in my Department serving as directors of State boards that are companies are as follows:

Civil servants do not receive payment (other than appropriate travel and subsistence expenses) or other benefit in kind when carrying out work that is part of their duties, including serving as a director of a company or board.

Civil servants are entitled to be indemnified for undertaking their duties, including civil servants appointed to State boards as part of their official duties. 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.