Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 11 September 2023 and the table provided, if he will seek a detailed breakdown of the 'other' payments listed which amount to €123,000 over the four years from 2019 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40568/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Parliamentary Question No. 83 sought information about BIK payments in relation to all State/semi-State bodies or other public bodies under the aegis of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The amount of €123,000 related to payments listed as 'other' in the return from Bord na Mona.

As previously noted all contracts for the CEO or equivalent in the relevant bodies under the aegis of my Department have terms and conditions based on sanction received from the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. All salaries and benefits are published in the company’s Annual Report and Financial Statements in keeping with the Business and Financial Reporting requirements of the 2016 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies.

The matter raised is for the Board and the company and one in which I as Minister have no function, however officials in my Department have requested Bord na Móna to provide a detailed breakdown of the expenditure directly to the Deputy.