Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2012
300. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form a list of quasi-governmental organisations and agencies that have been created since 9 March 2011;the date on which the body was created; the name of the body; the 2012 budget for the body; the number of employees of the body and if the body engages manpower resources from outside the body. [47128/12]
View answerI can advise the Deputy that no quasi-governmental organisations or State bodies have been set up by my Department since 9 March 2011. However, I would draw the Deputy’s attention to the fact that, following enactment of the Micro Enterprise Loan Fund Act 2012, Micro Finance Ireland was established as a private limited company in August 2012, as a subsidiary of the Social Finance Foundation and has charitable status. Its Directors are working on a voluntary, pro bono basis. Micro Finance Ireland has been funded by the government to provide loans to newly established and growing microenterprises across all industry sectors that do not meet the conventional risk criteria applied by banks.
