Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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828. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the full year saving to the Exchequer if all commercial semi State CEO's pay under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39259/13]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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829. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the full year saving to the Exchequer if all non-commercial State sponsored bodies CEO salaries under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39268/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 828 and 829 together.

In June 2011 the Government set pay rates for newly appointed CEOs to Commercial Semi State Companies. This information is available on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform website at . If the combined Commercial CEO salaries were reduced by 10%, there would be an annual saving of around €145,000 gross, before adjustment for tax, PRSI and other payroll deductions.

All directions issued by the Government in relation to remuneration of CEOs in non-commercial Semi State Companies, including reductions arising from the implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement, have been brought to the attention of the relevant State Companies.

If the combined non-Commercial CEO salaries were reduced by 10%, there would be a saving of just under €100,000 gross, before adjustment for tax, PRSI and other payroll deductions.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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830. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members fees, non commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi State companies, under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39278/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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The information which the Deputy requested is set out in tabular form as follows. The Deputy will be aware of the One Person One Salary policy introduced by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and that non-public sector board members may choose to voluntarily waive their fees as a matter of personal choice in recognition of the current difficult economic circumstances. Both of these policy initiatives of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have been brought to the attention of the bodies under the aegis of my Department. The payment of board members’ expenses is an operational matter for each State body. In the case of Commercial State Bodies, any fees payable are not funded by the Exchequer. In the case of public bodies established by Statute, the maximum, and sometimes minimum, number of persons that may be appointed to the Board is generally set out in the relevant legislation. I have set out in the following table the maximum number of persons that could be appointed to these bodies together with the fee level that may be paid in each case