Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 October 2009
221 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department which are paid up members of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation; the name of each agency or organisation; the amount each State agency or organisation paid to the Irish Business and Employers Confederation for the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37563/09]
View answerThere are no state agencies operating under the responsibility of my Department. However, there are currently three bodies, which operate under the aegis of my Department: the Development Education Advisory Committee; the Government Emigrant Services Advisory Committee (previously known as Díon); and the Fulbright Commission (The Board of the Ireland — United States Commission for Educational Exchange).
The two advisory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are not members of IBEC. In respect of the Fulbright Commission, I, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, have no statutory role in regard to the management of the Commission and therefore am unaware of any membership of organisations they may have.
