292 Deputy George Lee asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the names addresses of all nominees to bodies or agencies under the remit of his Department that were appointed since 26 June 1997, detailing by whom they were appointed; when they were appointed; the amount paid by the Exchequer to each nominee each year from 1997 to 2009 broken down into income, expenses, overtime and any other relevant category; the money paid by his Department each year from 1997 to 2009 to cover expenses or incidentals related to the nominees, such as accommodation, travel and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5655/10]

Since the establishment of the Department in June 2002 the following appointments have been made by the relevant Ministers to the boards of bodies under its aegis. The Ministers in question are Mr John O'Donoghue, T.D, from 6 June 2002 to 14 June 2007, by the late Minister Seamus Brennan from 14 June 2007 to 7 May 2008 and by myself since then.

It is not appropriate to provide private addresses for the above individuals as requested by the Deputy.

The fees for the chair and members of these boards are set by the Department of Finance based on categorisation of the bodies in question. The bodies under the aegis of the Department fall under categories 2 and 4 as set out above and fees payable over the period in question are set out hereunder. In the case of those bodies that are not categorised there is no fee payable and in the case of those bodies that are marked with an asterisk a fee is payable to the chairperson only.