Departmental Agencies.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 October 2009

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Questions (154)

Ruairí Quinn

Question:

228 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism 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. [37555/09]

Written answers

Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism (Deputy Martin Cullen)

There are eleven agencies under the aegis of the Department which are or have been members of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) in the period 2007 to 2009 (to date), inclusive. Membership payments by these agencies for each of the years in question are as set out in tabular form.

Agency	Year 2007	Year 2008	Year 2009
	€	€	€
Arts Council	1,653	1,872	1,872
Bord na gCon	13,320	13,855	12,855
Chester Beatty Library	1,102	1,337	1,337
Crawford Art Gallery Cork*	—	—	2,500
Fáilte Ireland	13,128	15,110	13,325
Horse Racing Ireland	5,105	5,845	6,532
Irish Film Board	5,429	5,636	5,636
Irish Museum of Modern Art	2,837	2,483	2,483
Irish Sports Council	1,040	1,300	1,300
National Concert Hall	1,139	1,489	2,216
National Gallery of Ireland	5,510	5,730	5,272

*Crawford Art Gallery Cork became a member of IBEC in 2009.