Departmental Agencies

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Questions (761)

Leo Varadkar

Question:

852 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport in respect of any State-owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when they received the most recent annual report of that company; the date on which the Department approved the annual report; and to provide the same information for the previous financial year. [31965/10]

Written answers

Minister for Transport (Deputy Noel Dempsey)

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. Table 1 lists the Annual Reports received for 2009 while Table 2 lists the Annual Reports received for 2008. There is no statutory requirement for the Annual Reports of the bodies under the aegis of my Department to be approved by the Department. They are noted by Government and in turn laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Table 1: Annual Reports 2009

State Body	Date of Receipt
Dublin Airport Authority	27th April 2010
Irish Aviation Authority	6th April 2010
Commission for Aviation Regulation	31st March 2010
National Roads Authority	17th February 2010
Medical Bureau of Road Safety	30th August 2010
Road Safety Authority	16th September 2010
CIÉ*	27th May 2010
Bus Átha Cliath	22nd July 2010
Bus Éireann	22nd July 2010
Iarnród Éireann	22nd July 2010
Marine Casualty Investigation Report**
Railway Procurement Agency	30th April 2010
Railway Safety Commission	10th March 2010
Commission for Taxi Regulation**
Port of Cork Company	1st April 2010
Drogheda Port Company	5th May 2010
Dublin Port Company	6th April 2010
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company	22nd April 2010
Shannon Foynes Port Company	30th March 2010
Port of Waterford Company	6th April 2010
Galway Harbour Company	23rd March 2010
New Ross Port Company	27th May 2010
Dundalk Port Company	30th March 2010
Wicklow Port Company	15th April 2010

*Government notes CIÉ Group accounts only. Copies of the accounts are, however, laid before each House.

**The 2009 Annual report & Accounts have not been received in the Department to date as they are awaiting sign-off by the Comptroller & Auditor General(C&AG)

Table 2: Annual Reports 2008

State Body	Date of Receipt
Dublin Airport Authority	24th April 2009
Irish Aviation Authority	11th March 2009
Commission for Aviation Regulation	30th March 2009
National Roads Authority	12th February 2009
Medical Bureau of Road Safety	10th December 2009
Road Safety Authority	9th November 2009
CIÉ	3rd September 2009
Bus Átha Cliath	3rd September 2009
Bus Éireann	3rd September 2009
Iarnród Éireann	3rd September 2009
Marine Casualty Investigation Board	8th September 2009
Railway Procurement Agency	30th April 2009
Railway Safety Commission	26th March 2009
Commission for Taxi Regulation	25th June 2009
Port of Cork Company	28th April 2009
Drogheda Port Company	24th April 2009
Dublin Port Company	6th April 2009
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company	7th April 2009
Shannon Foynes Port Company	3rd April 2009
Port of Waterford Company	1st may 2009
Galway Harbour Company	26th March 2009
New Ross Port Company	24th March 2009
Dundalk Port Company	23rd April 2009
Wicklow Port Company	21st April 2009