Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the working groups his Department has with industry; the members of the groups; and the way the members of each group were selected. [51312/21]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Details of groups and forums led or chaired by my Department which include representatives from private companies or industry representative bodies are set out in the attached tables.  

Note that my Department does not remunerate members of the groups listed, with the exception of the Low Pay Commission whose members do receive remuneration. Civil and public service members of some of these groups have received travel and subsistence expenses at the usual applicable rates for attendance at meetings in regional locations. Private sector members are not generally paid expenses, however the Department has made a small number of exceptions to cover certain domestic travel expenses arising for private sector Chairpersons of the Regional Enterprise Plan Committees, where the individuals were at the time working for a not-for-profit or were retired.