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'No reason' behind quango payment | 'No reason' behind quango payment |
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There is no "rhyme or reason" to explain how part-time chairmen of quangos are paid, the Commissioner for Public Appointments has said. | There is no "rhyme or reason" to explain how part-time chairmen of quangos are paid, the Commissioner for Public Appointments has said. |
Felicity Huston said she was unable to find "any particular mechanism" to explain why some received no payment while others got around £40,000 a year. | |
There are 100 organisations which are overseen by boards, or quangos. They report to the 11 Stormont departments. | There are 100 organisations which are overseen by boards, or quangos. They report to the 11 Stormont departments. |
They include the boards of the Housing Executive and Invest NI. | They include the boards of the Housing Executive and Invest NI. |
"Each department does set their own amounts," said Mrs Huston, who oversees the appointments to the boards. | |
"From having talked to departments, all 11 of them in different times, there's no rhyme nor reason that I can find for how they set the remuneration." | "From having talked to departments, all 11 of them in different times, there's no rhyme nor reason that I can find for how they set the remuneration." |
The Department of Finance and Personnel told the BBC that there was no centrally determined pay policy. | The Department of Finance and Personnel told the BBC that there was no centrally determined pay policy. |
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