asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the remuneration of the chairman and members of each harbour authority and each harbour commission in Northern Ireland; and what is the salary of the chief executive or equivalent in each case.

Except in the cases of the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority and the Warrenpoint Harbour Authority, whose chairmen and members receive respectively £1,000 and £600 per year, harbour commissioners and members of public harbour authorities in Northern Ireland are not paid for their services. Details of payments made to the directors of Larne Harbour Ltd, which is a privately-owned harbour, are not published. The salaries of chief officers are a matter for individual authorities and it would be contrary to normal practice to disclose this information.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what criteria will be applied when selecting the members of the Londonderry Harbour Authority; and what steps have been taken to appoint a chief executive.

The members of the reconstituted Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners will be selected from persons who have experience and capacity in one or more of the following fields; the management of harbours, shipping, port usage, industrial, commercial or financial matters, administration and the organisation of workers. One place on the board will be reserved for a member of Londonderry City Council. The appointment of the chief executive to the authority will be a matter for the commissioners.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many complaints have been made by users of Londonderry port against the Harbour Commissioners in each of the last five years.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many meetings of each harbour commission and harbour authority in Northern Ireland have been held in the last 12 months; and what is the normal length of the meeting for each harbour commission and harbour authority.

The number of full board meetings held during the past 12 months by each public harbour authority,

It is regretted that the information is not available. However, during the last year, the Northern Ireland Department of Commerce has received two such complaints.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the order abolishing the Londonderry Harbour Commissioners will be laid; and from what date the new harbour authority will take up its duties.

It is expected that the order reconstituting the Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners will be laid before the House within the next few weeks and that the new authority will come into being shortly thereafter.

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the names of each chairman and chief executive in each harbour authority and harbour commission in Northern Ireland.

The Chairman and Chief Officer of the principal commercial harbours and the Fishery Harbour Authority are as follows:and by Larne Harbour Ltd., which owns Larne Harbour, is as follows: