Written answers
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Public Sector Staff Remuneration
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all bonus payments to chief executives of commercial semi-State agencies paid in each year from 2011 to 2014 under the remit of his Department; if bonuses were withheld by commercial semi-States during the period; the reasons for withholding of bonuses; the current policy regarding the payment of bonuses in the commercial semi-State sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5199/15]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There are currently 12 State bodies under the remit of my Department. Of these, eight are non-commercial entities and four are commercial entities.
Non-Commercial Bodies | Commercial Bodies |
|---|---|
Aqua licensing Appeals Board | Bord na gCon |
Bord Bia | Coillte |
Bord Iascaigh Mhara | Horse Racing Ireland |
Marine Institute | Irish National Stud |
National Milk Agency | |
Sea Fisheries Protection Agency | |
Teagasc | |
Veterinary Council of Ireland |
In April 2009 the Department of Finance requested the suspension of performance-related schemes in non-commercial State Bodies and again in February 2010 following the report of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector. In relation to the commercial State Bodies, the Government agreed in 2012 to the continuation of the current policy requesting Commercial State Bodies not to award bonus payments in recognition of the serious state of the public finances. No performance related awards were paid to the Chief Executives of the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department in the years in question.
In relation to Coillte, while performance related pay awards were not made to the Chief Executive for the years in question on the basis of the Government pay policy outlined above, the High Court decided last week that bonuses in respect of the period 2008 to 2013 inclusive are payable to the former Chief Executive Officer of the company.
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