Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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976. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [39262/13]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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977. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [39271/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 976 and 977 together.

The remuneration of the Chief Executive Officers, or equivalents, of the State Bodies under the aegis of my Department is sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

It is estimated that savings of approximately €101,132 (non ppc rates) to €106,104 (ppc rates) could potentially be achieved if the salaries of Chief Executives Officers of Bodies under the aegis of my Department were reduced by 10%.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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978. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [39281/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information in relation to Board member fees is set out in the following table:

* 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%, are not available in my Department.