Jim Mitchell
Question:92 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Taoiseach the different working groups, review groups, expert groups, commissions, interdepartmental working groups and various fora established by him since entering office in 1997. [30443/01]
Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies.
My Department is involved in a range of cross-departmental activities and initiatives, including many groups set up by other Departments. The most significant groups set up in my Department since 1997 are set out in the following table.
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Name |
Date set up |
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Task force on Asset Management – to consider opportunities for developing a broader based asset management business in Ireland |
November 2001 |
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National Millennium Committee |
September 1998 |
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National Economic and Social Forum |
re-constituted 1998 |
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Steering Committee on National Anti-Poverty Strategy |
July 2001 |
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Steering Group to examine Basic Income proposals |
July 1997 |
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Senior Officials Group on Social Inclusion |
May 1998 |
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High Level group on Trade Union Recognition |
December 1998 |
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Fast Track to Information Technology (FIT) Evaluation Steering Group |
July 2001 |
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Information Society Commission |
May 1997 |
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e-Strategy Group of Secretaries General |
June 2001 |
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Working Group on Universal Participation |
July 2001 |
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Information Society Implementation Group |
1998 |
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Interdepartmental Working group to examine and report on options for the development of the Grangegorman site |
May 2001 |
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Expert group on the treatment of Foreign Donations |
February 2001 |
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Foot and Mouth Task Force |
February 2001 |
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High Level Contact Group established to monitor developments in the aftermath of terrorist attacks of 11/9/01 |
September 2001 |
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Steering Committee for OECD Review of Regulatory Reform |
March 2000 |
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High Level Group on Regulation |
May 2001 |
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Sub-groups:1.Regulatory Impact analysisSub-groups:2. National Policy Statement |
July 2001July 2001 |
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Equality/Diversity Sub-group |
January 2000 |
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Cross-Departmental Team on Infrastructure and PPPS |
1999 |
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NDP Communications Strategy Group |
2000 |
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IFSC eCommerce Working Group |
2000 |
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Task Force on Road Haulage |
September 2000 |
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*Government Liason Committee which oversees the Digital Hub and Media Lab Europe Projects |
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Steering Committee dealing with Sports Campus Ireland. Responsibility for this committee has since transferred to the Department of Tourism Sports & Recreation |
*These projects were set up in September 2000 under the aegis of my Department. Responsibility for these projects was transferred to the Department of Public Enterprise in May 2001.
In addition, there are a variety of SMI groups established as part of the implementation process, for example, QCS working group, benchmaking sub-group, etc.