Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 3 Dec 2002

Vol. 558 No. 4

Written Answers. - Exchequer Expenditure.

Michael Mulcahy

Question:

192 Mr. Mulcahy asked the Minister for Finance if he will give details of each and every State agency or body funded from the Exchequer; the number of staff employed in each; and the total Exchequer allocation for each for 2002. [24258/02]

Minister for Finance (Mr. McCreevy)

The following table details the 2002 Estimate of Exchequer expenditure for non-commercial State agencies or bodies under my aegis and the number of staff employed in each during 2002.

The 2002 Revised Estimates for Public Services include details of Exchequer expenditure for non-commercial State agencies or bodies within individual Votes. In addition, agency statements included in the Revised Estimates Volume provide further details of expenditure for some of these bodies together with information on Exchequer and non-Exchequer sources of income. More details on the precise numbers of employees for those agencies are available from the Ministers concerned.

Exchequer Expenditure of Non-Commercial Semi-State Bodies and Agencies under the Aegis of the Department of Finance

Vote No.	Vote	Non Commercial Semi-State Body or Agency	2002 Estimate	No of Staff Employed*
6	Office of the Minister for Finance	Economic and Social Research Institute	2,817	27
		Institute of Public Administration	2,825	115
		Ordnance Survey Ireland	9,934	301
		Special EU Programmes Body**	14,510	31
		Total:	30,086	474

*The public sector numbers included relate to Exchequer funding for the above State Agencies-Bodies. There may be additional employees in the State Agencies-Bodies which are funded from other sources.

**This body was set up under the Good Friday Agreement. The public sector numbers are co-funded by the Irish and British Governments.