Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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121. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board to include the chair and board member and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34520/13]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The National Economic and Social Council is the only State agency under the aegis of my Department. There are 32 Council Members, 1 Chairperson and 1 Deputy Chairperson. No fees or expenses were paid to either the chairperson or deputy chairperson of NESC. The following National Economic & Social Council Members claimed travel and subsistence expenses for 2012 and 2013 to date.

*Michael O'Sullivan and Mary Daly are based outside of Ireland.

Appointments to the National Statistics Board (NSB) are made in line with the provisions of Section 18 of the Statistics Act 1993.

The Chairperson is eligible to receive an annual stipend of €8,978 and four of the seven Board members are eligible to receive an annual stipend of €5,985. One member has declined to receive a stipend payment. The other members are serving Civil Servants and receive no additional remuneration for serving on the Board. All members are entitled to claim expenses.

* To date in 2013 two stipend payments have been made.