Written answers
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Agencies
5:00 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%. [36618/12]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The table contains information in respect of those bodies currently under the aegis of my Department which are paid fees namely: - Commission into Child Abuse - Foras Áiseanna Saothair - Grangegorman Development Agency - Higher Education Authority - Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) - Residential Institutions Review Committee (RIRC) - Skillnets Ltd
Ref No:36618/12: " To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%."
Details relating to the 7 non-commercial State agency boards under the aegis of the Department of Education and Skills which are paid fees.
| Agency Name(and Website Address) | Board Members(as of June 2012) | Remuneration/FeesApplicable in 2012 | |
| Chairperson | OrdinaryMember | ||
| Commission into Child Abusewww.childabusecommission.ie | Judge Seán RyanMs. Marion ShanleyMs. Anne Mc LoughlinMr. Fred LoweMs. Mary Fennessy | See Note 1 | |
| Foras Áiseanna Saothairwww.fas.ie | Michael Dempsey (Chair)Tony DempseyMichael MoriartyEmer GilvarryMartin HoganAnnette HughesPaddy McDonaghBrendan MurphySean O'LongáinMargaret SweeneyPaul O'Toole (DG FÁS) | €20,520 | €11,790 |
| Grangegorman Development Agencywww.ggda.ie | Mr. John Monahan, ChairpersonMr. Michael Hand, CEOProfessor Brian NortonMr. Dominmic DillaneAine ClancyMr. Dick GleesonMs. Denise O'DowdMs. Jacinta StewartMr. John Monahan, ChairpersonMr. Bob CogginsMr Damien KilgannonCllr. Mary FitzpatrickMr Jim CurranMs. Anne O'ConnorVacancyVacancy | €8,978 | €0 |
| Higher Education Authoritywww.hea.ie | Mr. John Hennessy (Chair)Dr Maeve ConrickDr Maria MeehanProf Ellen HazelkornCllr Brendan ByrneMr John DolanMr Eamonn GrennanProf Eileen Harkin JonesProf. Marijk van der WendeProfessor Anthony StainesMs Siobhan HarkinMs Kathleen LoughMr Gordon RyanDr Jim MountjoyMr Paddy CosgraveDr Brian ThornesDr Mary CanningMr Bahram BekhradniaMr. John Logue | €11,970 | €7,695 |
| Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB)www.rirb.ie | The Honourable Judge Esmond Smyth (Chairman)Dr. Helen CummiskeyDr Ruth PilkingtonMs Ann O'Brien B.LDr. Mary Concannon BluettMs Dariona Conlon, SolicitorDr Fionnuala O'LoughlinMr John Campbell, SolicitorDr. Harry BuglerMs Samantha Cruess Callaghan, BLDr William Delaney | See Note 2 | |
| Residential Institutions Review Committee (RIRC)See RIRB website | Mr Justice Frank Murphy (Chairman)Judge John BuckleyMr Colm GaynorMs Ita ManganMr Brendan GogartyMr John Dalton | See Note 2 | |
| Skillnets Ltdwww.skillnets.ie | Domhnall MacDomhnaill (Chair)Karl McDonaghMairead DivillyNiall SaulBrendan McGintyIan TalbotGeorge HennessyPeter RigneyNuala KeherHenry MurdochTerry HobdellPaul O'BrienEamonn Devoy | €8,978 | €5,985 |
Note 1:The Chairperson of the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse (CICA) is a member of the Judiciary and is not paid by the CICA. The ordinary members of the Commission, who were all salaried are not currently on the payroll.
Note 2: The Chairman of the RIRB is paid an annual salary equivalent to a serving President of the Circuit Court subject to abatement to take account of his pension.
In relation to the RIRC, the Chairman's salary is linked to his former Supreme Court judicial salary subject to pension abatement. Since October 2011, the Chairman has taken a 50% voluntary reduction in his salary.
The other board members of both the RIRB and the RIRC are paid a per diem rate and pension abatement applies in the case of members receiving a pension from the State. The per diem rate from 1 January 2011 is €668.
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