Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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766. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [34512/13]
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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851. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State Agency board fees were reduced by 25% under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35799/13]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 766 and 851 together.
The fees applicable with respect to each Board under the aegis of my Department are set out in the table:
| Agency / Body | Post | Number of board members | Remuneration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Chairperson | 1 | * |
| - | Member | 9 | * |
| 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 |
| Pobal | Chair | 1 | Nil |
| - | Members | 15 | - |
| An Bord Pleanála | Chairperson | 1 | PPC Rate: €175,877 - Non PCC Rate: €167,300 |
| - | Deputy Chair | 1 | PPC Rate: €124,716 |
| - | - | - | Non PCC Rate: €118,581 |
| - | Member | 8 | PPC Rate: €109,580 |
| - | - | - | Non PCC Rate: €104,317 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Director General | 1 | PPC Rate: €153,162 |
| - | Non PPC: €145,679 | ||
| - | Deputy Director General | 1 | PPC Rate: €130,881 Non-PPC Rate: €125,011 |
| - | Directors | 3 | PPC Rate: €119,381 Non-PPC Rate: €113,511 |
* 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.
The Boards of An Bord Pleanála and the Environmental Protection Agency are executive in nature, and Board members are full- time, salaried positions.
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.
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. Details in relation to the expenses of Board members are also available within the respective annual reports. Information regarding potential cost savings which could arise, if the fees to which Board members are entitled were reduced by 25%, is not available in my Department.
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