asked the Taoiseach if he will state (a) the number and names of the commissions set up by the Government in the past ten years, (b) the cost to date of each of these commissions, (c) the number which have furnished reports of their findings, and (d) the number which have resulted in legislation or other Government action.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Government Commissions.
No commissions, as such, have been set up by the Government in the past ten years.
Three committees, however, have been set up by the Government during that period, namely, the Committee on the Devaluation of the Pound, which was set up on the 11th October, 1949, the Dollar Exports Advisory Committee on the 9th may, 1950, and the Atomic Energy Committee on the 24th February, 1956.
As regards these three committees, the particulars referred to at (b) to (d) of the deputy's question are as follows:—(b) nil, £110 and £1,965, respectively; (c) one and (d) one.