Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 July 2023
134. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body or other public body under the aegis of her Department for each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33059/23]
View answerThe statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council and the Social Welfare Tribunal.
Neither the Pensions Council nor the Social Welfare Tribunal have Chief Executive Officers. The administrative functions of both these bodies is carried out wholly by existing staff resources provided from within my Department.
Details in relation to the pay of the of the Chief Executive Officers of the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Authority is set out in tabular format below:
Citizens Information Board (CIB)
There were two Chief Executive Officers of the CIB during the period in question, Ms. Angela Black from 2020 to April 2021 and Ms. Fiona Coyne from April 2021 to the present. Details of their gross pay is outlined below. Neither was in receipt of any other benefits like loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefits-in-kind during the period in question.
|
Name of Chief Executive |
Renumeration received (by year) |
|
Angela Black |
€118,797 (2020)€38,227 (Jan 2021 to April 2021) |
|
Fiona Coyne |
€86,408 (April 2021 to December 2021)€130,504 (2022)€67,367 (Jan 2023 to June 2023) |
Pensions Authority
The Pensions Regulator, Mr. Brendan Kennedy, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Pensions Authority. Details of his gross pay is outlined below. Mr. Kennedy was not in receipt of any other benefits, including loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefits-in-kind during the period in question.
|
Name of Chief Executive |
Renumeration received (by year) |
|
Brendan Kennedy (Pensions Regulator) |
€160,524 (2020) €163,327 (2021) €171,036 (2022) €87,599 (2023 as at end June) |
