State Boards.

Tuesday, 6 July 2004

Questions (283)

Enda Kenny

Question:

316 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will give details of all State or semi-State agencies and boards under the aegis of his Department as of 1 January 1994; the number of State or semi-State agencies and boards under the aegis of his Department as of 1 January 2004; the date of the establishment of such agencies and boards in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19998/04]

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Written answers

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

: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. Thirty of the bodies listed were in existence on 1 January 1994. Twenty of those bodies have been established in the intervening period. I draw the Deputy's attention to table E, which details those bodies which functioned under the aegis of my Department as of 1 January 1994 but which had ceased to do so as of 1 January 2004.

Semi-State Companies, Agencies or Boards under the Aegis of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources as at 1 January, 2004

Table A
Communications Sector
Name of semi-State Company, Agency or Board	Date of Establishment
An Post	1 January 1984
Commission for Communication Regulation	1 December 2002
Digital Hub Development Agency	21 July 2003
Radio Telefis Eireann	1 June 1960
Broadcasting Commission of Ireland	1 September 2001
Broadcasting Complaints Commission	31 March 1977

Table B

Marine Sector
Name of semi-State Company, Agency or Board	Date of Establishment
Port of Cork Company	3 March 1997
Dublin Port Company	3 March 1997
Drogheda Port Company	3 March 1997
Shannon Foynes Port Company	18 September 2000
Port of Waterford Company	1 January 2000
Dundalk Port Company	9 May 2002
Wicklow Port Company	9 May 2002
New Ross Port Company	3 March 1997
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company	3 March 1997
Galway Harbour Company	3 March 1997
Marine Casualty Investigation Board	25 March 2003
Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board	17 June 1998

Table C

Energy Sector
Name of semi-State Company, Agency or Board	Date of Establishment
ESB	28 May 1927
Eirgrid plc	7 February 2001
Bord Gais Eireann	13 September 1976
Bord na Mona	31 December 1946
Commission for Energy Regulation	14 July 1999
National Oil Reserves Agency	22 February 1995
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	1 May 2002

Table D

Natural Resources Sector
Name of semi-State Company, Agency or Board	Date of Establishment
Central Fisheries Board	29 October 1980
Eastern Regional Fisheries Board	29 October 1980
Northern Regional Fisheries Board	29 October 1980
North Western Regional Fisheries Board	29 October 1980
Southern Regional Fisheries Board	29 October 1980
South Western Regional Fisheries Board	29 October 1980
Western Regional Fisheries Board	29 October 1980
National Salmon Commission	21 March 2000
Bord Iascaigh Mhara	22 April 1952
Marine Institute	30 October 1992
Commissioners of Irish Lights	1867
Mining Board	14 November 1940

A number of semi-State agencies which functioned under the aegis of my Department as of 1 January, 1994 had ceased to do so as of 1 January, 2004. Details of these are as follows:

Table E

Name of semi-State Agency-Harbour Commissioners	Date of Establishment
Annagassan Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
Arklow Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
Baltimore and Skibbereen Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners	16 March 1976
Dingle Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
Kinsale Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
River Moy Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
Sligo Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
Tralee & Fenit Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
Westport Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
Wexford Harbour Commissioners	10 October 1946
Bord Telecom Eireann	1 January 1984
Irish National Petroleum Corporation*	2 July 1979

* Sold to the Tosco Corporation on 16 July, 2001