Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form all appointments to State boards under his ambit since the Government took office; when the person was appointed; if the position entitles the holder to remuneration and if so the amount in each case; if the appointment was made in accordance with new procedures whereby Departments has to invite expressions of interest from the public in vacancies on the boards under their aegis. [45807/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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*The Chairperson and Members of the Competition Authority are appointed on a full time basis. The Chairperson is paid at a salary level equivalent to Deputy Secretary General Grade while members are paid a salary equivalent to Assistant Secretary Grade.

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The appointments which were not advertised were made in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003 which provides that certain bodies specified in the Act shall nominate members to the board of IAASA. Therefore it was not appropriate to advertise the posts.

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InterTradeIreland's Board is made up of six representatives each from Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Board members are nominated by the relevant Minister and appointed by the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC). InterTradeIreland's Board expired in December 2011 and new Board members were appointed by the NSMC, as nominated by the two sponsoring Ministers, with effect from 13 December 2011.

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of chairs of State boards that have been appointed since the Government came into office; if there is a remuneration for the position and if so the amount of same; if the appointee was required to go before Oireachtas Committees to discuss what they have to offer to the particular Board or Committee to which they are being appointed. [45823/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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National Consumer Agency

I reappointed Mr Stephen Costello as Chairperson to the National Consumer Agency on the 1st May 2012. As a category 2 State Body, Mr Costello is entitled to a fee of €20,520.

Competition Authority

While it does not have a typical board structure, the Competition Authority consists of a Chairperson and up to four other members who act as an executive board. The Competition Acts 2002 to 2012 set out the requirements pertaining to appointments to the Authority. Since coming into office, I re-appointed Mr Declan Purcell as Chairperson of the Competition Authority on 1^st July 2011 and following his retirement, I subsequently appointed Ms Isolde Goggin as Chairperson on 1^st October 2011, following a competition conducted by the Public Appointments Service. The Chairperson of the Authority is paid at a salary level equivalent to Deputy Secretary General Grade. Mr Costello and Ms Goggin were not required to go before Oireachtas Committees in relation to their appointments.

InterTradeIreland

The chairman of the board Martin Cronin was appointed on 13 Dec 2011, however there is no requirement for the appointee to the position of Chair of ITI to appear before an Oireachtas Committee as part of the North South Ministerial Council appointments process. As a category 3 State Body, Mr Cronin is entitled to a fee of €11,970.