Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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1269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees under the 2016 code of governance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40037/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department is guided in its reporting obligations by the terms and conditions laid down by Statute, where appropriate Company Law and the stipulations of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s 2016 appendix document - Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies – Business and Financial Reporting Requirements.

The Code of Practice sets out, inter alia, details of reporting requirements for state bodies. Aegis bodies under the remit of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science include:

(1) Higher Education Authority (including the Irish Research Council)

(2) Quality and Qualifications Ireland

(3) Léargas – The Exchange Bureau

(4) Grangegorman Development Agency

(5) SOLAS

(6) Skillnet Ireland

(7) Science Foundation Ireland

In regard to non-commercial State Bodies under the aegis of my Department the Code requires bodies to disclose:

- The aggregate amount of total compensation paid to employees including employee numbers in whole time equivalent format

- The aggregate total compensation paid to employees split between salary, overtime and allowances,

- Details on CEO salary and benefits (and termination benefits if appropriate)

- the aggregate pay bill and total number of employees,

- details of the numbers of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding pension costs) for the reporting period fell within each pay band of €10,000 from €60,000 upwards and,

- an overall figure for total employer pension contributions in their annual report and/or financial statements

- a note on termination benefits to all staff should also be included with CEO termination benefits being kept separate.

In regard to the wider sector a separate Code of Practice applies to the IoT sector and the University sector. These codes set out relevant reporting requirements.