Written answers
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost to the taxpayer of paying the aggregate fees, salaries and any other remuneration to directors of all State bodies, to include majority State owned banks, all public interest directors, all semi-State bodies, all State agencies and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15408/13]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The fees applicable with respect to each Board under the aegis of my Department are set out in the table below.
| Agency/Body | Post | Number | Remuneration (Salary Comparator / Annual Fee / Per Diem Fees) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Regulations Advisory Body (BRAB) | Chairperson | 1 | €8,978 |
| Member | 24 | Nil | |
| Dublin Docklands Development Authority | Chairperson | 1 | €20,520 |
| Member | 7 | €11,970 | |
| Housing Finance Agency | Chairperson | 1 | €11,970 |
| Member | 10 | €7,695 | |
| Irish Water Safety | Chairperson | 1 | €8,978 |
| Member | 12 | Nil | |
| Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency | Chairperson | 1 | €11,970 |
| Member | 5 | €7,695 | |
| Local Government Management Agency | Chairperson | 1 | Nil |
| Member | 10 | Nil | |
| National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee | Chairperson | 1 | €8,978 |
| Member | 11 | Nil | |
| Private Residential Tenancies Board / Rent Tribunal | Those PRTB / Rent Tribunal members of the Board who are entitled to Board fees are paid such fees on an attendance basis only. Details regarding the scale of fees and the amounts paid are published in the annual reports of the PRTB. | ||
| Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) | Chairperson | 1 | €11,970 |
| Member | 10 | €7,695 | |
| Western Development Commission | Chairperson | 1 | 8,978 |
| Member | 10 | 5,985 | |
| An Bord Pleanála | Chairperson | 1 | PPC Rate: €189,474 - Non PCC Rate: €180,000 |
| Deputy Chair | 1 | PPC Rate: €133,387 - Non PCC Rate: €126,718 | |
| Member | 6 | PPC Rate: €116,935 - Non PCC Rate: €111,214 | |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Director General | 1 | PPC Rate: €164,464 - Non PPC: €156,240 |
| Directors | 4 | Salary ScalesPPC Rate: €127,588 -€145,952Non-PPC Rate: €121,208 -€138,655 |
Reference to remuneration for chairs and members of Boards is to the level of fee to which they are entitled. Where public servants are appointed to Boards, no fees are payable. In this regard, public servants make up over half of the combined membership of the Boards of agencies under my Department’s aegis.
From 1 May 2009, fees were reduced by 10% in line with the Government decision to revise the fees for non-executive chairpersons and members of boards of state bodies.
From 1 January 2010, fees were further reduced in line with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009.
In 2012, my Department contacted State Agencies under its aegis requesting that Board members be offered the option to waive fees on a discretionary basis.
The Boards of An Bord Pleanála and the Environmental Protection Agency are executive in nature and the members are full-time salaried positions.
As part of an ambitious rationalisation programme, State agencies under the aegis of my Department are being reduced from 21 to 10.
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