I can inform the Deputy that the number of Commercial State bodies and Non-Commercial State bodies, including Regulators, under the aegis of my Department, is 18. In relation to cost, I assume the Deputy is referring to payments made from my Department Vote to help meet the running costs of Agencies. Details of payments to the Bodies on this basis is set out in tabular form below.
Name of Body
|
Status
|
Exchequer Funding for 2012 €000s
|
An Post
|
Commercial State Bodies
|
*12,457
|
Bord Gáis Éireann
|
|
—
|
Bord na Móna
|
|
—
|
EirGrid
|
|
—
|
Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
|
|
—
|
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
|
|
**185,724
|
TG4
|
|
32,750
|
Inland Fisheries Ireland
|
Non-Commercial State Bodies
|
28,462
|
Digital Hub Development Agency
|
|
3,736
|
Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission (Loughs Agency)
|
|
2,595
|
National Oil Reserves Agency
|
|
—
|
Irish National Petroleum Corporation
|
|
—
|
Mining Board
|
|
—
|
Ordnance Survey Ireland
|
|
8,466
|
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
|
|
8,265
|
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
|
Regulators
|
—
|
Commission for Energy Regulation
|
|
|
Commission for Communications Regulation
|
|
|
*Vote neutral, payment for collection of the television licence fee.
**Grant to Raidió Telefís Éireann from Broadcasting Licence Fee Receipts (Grant-in-Aid) — (Vote neutral).