Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 16 Dec 2003

Vol. 577 No. 3

Written Answers. - Interdepartmental Committees.

Enda Kenny

Question:

370 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of interdepartmental committees of which officials of his Department are members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30863/03]

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (Mr. D. Ahern):

Officials from my Department are members of 96 interdepartmental committees. The names of these committees are as listed below.

General interdepartmental committees: government task force on emergency planning; interdepartmental working group on emergency planning; Dublin metropolitan emergency planning group; emergency services communications liaison group; future of Europe group interdepartmental co-ordinating committee on EU affairs; interdepartmental Lisbon group; EU cabinet committee; Oireachtas EU scrutiny co-ordinators group; interdepartmental committee for co-ordinating the EU presidency; EU presidency website officers group; interdepartmental administrative planning group for the EU presidency; interdepartmental north/south co-ordinators group; high level interdepartmental committee on north/south; inter-departmental committee on the national spatial strategy; senior officials group on the disability bill; high level European research area steering group reporting to the interdepartmental committee on science and technology policy; national steering committee for the European year of education through sport; interdepartmental committee dealing with the 10th anniversary of the international year of the family 2004; Government contracts committee; cross departmental climate team; environment co-ordinating committee; strategic management initiative, public service modernisation and customer service; quality customer service working group; quality customer service officers network; strategic management initiative implementation group of secretaries general; strategic management initiative assistant secretaries implementation group; committee for public management research; organisational development initiatives forum; interdepartmental pmds network group; inter-departmental trainers network; change management forum; change management network; departmental liaison officers group on sustaining progress; inter-departmental co-ordinating committee on state aid; finance, management information framework and regulatory reform; Mullarkey implementation group; management information framework consultative committee; management information framework project management group; management information framework cross departmental group on training and the management information framework users network; working group on consultancies; multidisciplinary expenditure review steering committee; high level group on regulation; regulation policy drafting group; the expenditure reviewers network committee; the expenditure reviewers network; financial management subgroup of the implementation group of secretaries general; European agriculture guarantee and guidance fund high level accreditation group.

Communications: government liaison committee for the digital hub; interdepartmental committee on e-payments; cabinet sub-committee on housing, infrastructure and public/private partnerships; cabinet sub-committee on the information society; assistant secretary group on the information society; international connectivity project steering committee; interdepartmental task force on biometrics; working group on schools broadband; management services entity project board; telecoms strategy group; information society commission subcommittee on telecommunications infrastructure; national centre for technology in education board.

Marine: higher level accreditation group; high level group on transport integration; the water framework directive co-ordination group; steering committee for the relocation of the marine institute to Galway; steering committee for the relocation of the central fisheries board; steering committee for the national seabed project; maritime security implementation group; Irish marine search and rescue committee; marine emergency advisory group; marine safety working group; helicopter contract group; ircg building programme group; maritime counties committees of Dublin, Wicklow, Kerry and Donegal; maritime security group; tetra group; aviation forum.

Natural resources: national allocations consultancy steering committee; survey technical group; energy; interdepartmental committee on the EU buildings directive; interdepartmental team on climate change; steering group for emissions trading; conservation of genetic resources.

There is also representation on the following sub-groups which have interdepartmental membership along with members from outside bodies: emissions trading advisory group; biomass strategy group; negotiated agreements sub-group; economic analysis sub-group on emissions trading; industry and climate change working group the national economic and social council national development programme community support framework monitoring committee; national development programme rural development co-ordinating committee; national development programme equality and social inclusion co-ordinating committee; productive sector operational programme monitoring committee; southern and eastern region operational programme monitoring committee; BMW region operational programme monitoring committee; national development programme communications co-ordinating group.