Departmental Bodies.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 December 2007

Wednesday, 19 December 2007

Questions (355)

Richard Bruton

Question:

400 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a breakdown of annual overheads. [35911/07]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Deputy John Gormley)

The previous question referred to is No. 196 of 22 November 2007. In response, I indicated that ten state bodies and boards under the aegis of my Department were established in the period since 1997 and that one of the bodies concerned evolved from the restructuring of an existing body.

I refer to the reply to Question no. 364 of 19 October 2007 which provided information regarding the annual budget of the state bodies and boards under the aegis of my Department. The information is also set out in the table in respect of the ten bodies and boards concerned. The annual overheads element of the budget is not available in my Department as day to day operational matters are entirely a matter for the body or board concerned.

Name of body/board	Date of establishment	Budget	Year applicable
		€
Affordable Homes Partnership	2005	1,100,000	2005
		26,835,263	2006
		26,960,737	2007
Building Regulations Advisory Body	1998	19,000	1998
		19,000	1999
		19,000	2000
		19,000	2001
		19,000	2002
		18,000	2003
		19,000	2004
		19,000	2005
		20,000	2006
		20,000	2007
Comhar Sustainable Development Council	1999	228,000	1999
		232,000	2000
		238,000	2001
		248,000	2002
		250,000	2003
		227,800	2004
		156,500	2005
		320,000	2006
		320,000	2007
Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board	1998	42,303	1999(2)
		54,658	2000
		12,977	2001
		56,713	2002
		33,868	2003
		72,559	2004
		64,102	2005
		89,886	2006
		100,000	2007
Dublin Docklands Development Authority Board (3)	1997	N/A	1998
		N/A	1999
		N/A	2000
		N/A	2001
		N/A	2002
		N/A	2003
		N/A	2004
		N/A	2005
		N/A	2006
Dublin Docklands Development Council (3)	1997	N/A	1998
		N/A	1999
		N/A	2000
		N/A	2001
		N/A	2002
		N/A	2003
		N/A	2004
		N/A	2005
		N/A	2006
		N/A	2007
Irish Water Safety (4)	1999	505,441	2000
		553,274	2001
		827,662	2002
		702,513	2003
		772,977	2004
		866,078	2005
		963,556	2006
		1,000,000(1)	2007
Limerick Northside Regeneration Agency	June 2007	Expenditure of €1,130,000 between the Limerick Northside and the Limerick Southside Regeneration Agencies has been sanctioned in respect of projected salary and start up costs 2007	2007
Limerick Southside Regeneration Agency	June 2007	Expenditure of €1,130,000 between the Limerick Northside and the Limerick Southside Regeneration Agencies has been sanctioned in respect of projected salary and start up costs 2007	2007
Local Government Management Services Board	1997	936,056	1998
		1,911,062	1999
		5,037,114	2000
		5,105,097	2001
		5,177,046	2002
		6,221,420	2003
		7,109,595	2004
		7,695,132	2005
		8,998,541	2006
		9,500,000(1)	2007
Private Residential Tenancies Board	2004	267,259	2004
		2,176,992	2005
		3,480,435	2006
		5,343,000(5)	2007

Notes:

(1)The budget listed for Irish Water Safety and the Local Government Management Services Board in respect of 2007 is provisional.

(2)In the case of the Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board, 1999 was the first year in respect of which expenditure arose.

(3)As the Dublin Docklands Development Authority is not publicly funded, details relating to its budget are not included.

(4)The budget listed for Irish Water Safety includes Oireachtas grants, local authority contributions and own resource income.

(5)This figure includes a one off VAT payment of 800,000