Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under her aegis were capped at €100,000.. [36642/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition, the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department.

The Social Welfare Tribunal consists of a Chairperson and four ordinary members. The Tribunal does not have a CEO. The operations of the Pensions Board are almost exclusively financed by annual fees payable to it by occupational pension schemes and Personal Retirement Savings Accounts. The salary paid to the CEO of the Board is not paid out of Exchequer funding.

The Pensions Ombudsman is not styled a CEO but exercises functions equivalent to a CEO in respect of the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman. An annual saving of €42,590 would arise if the salaries of the Chief Executive of the Citizens Information Board and of the Pensions Ombudsman were capped at €100,000 per annum.