House of Assembly
November 2, 2009The
following statement was issued today by the Honourable
Roger Fitzgerald, Speaker of the House of Assembly, at a
news conference held at Confederation Building, St.
John�s:
Report of Members�
Compensation Review Committee
This morning I am pleased to present
the report of the Members� Compensation Review Committee
which was submitted to me on Friday, October 30, 2009.
As you are aware, this Committee was
appointed by resolution of the House of Assembly on May
28, 2009 with an effective date of July 6, 2009. The
committee was chaired by Mr. Joe O�Neill. The other
committee members are Ms. Cathy Bennett and Mr. Brian
Barry.
The House of Assembly
Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act
requires that such a committee be appointed once during
each General Assembly with a mandate to inquire into and
prepare a report respecting the salaries, allowances,
severance payments and pensions to be paid to Members of
the House of Assembly. For the past several months, the
Committee has been holding meetings around the province
to seek public input on these issues.
The next step is for the
recommendations of the report to be brought to the House
of Assembly Management Commission for review. The
Commission will have the power to modify the
recommendations but does not have the authority to
exceed the maximum amounts recommended by the committee.
I wish to thank Mr. O�Neill and the
members of the Committee for their work. I also wish to
thank the public and the Members of the House of
Assembly for their input. Copies of the report will be
available on the House of Assembly website this morning
At this time, I invite Mr. O�Neill to
make a few remarks after which we will be pleased to
take questions from the media
To view the report of the Members�
Compensation Review Committee go to
//www.assembly.nl.ca/pdf/MCRCReport2009.pdf
