Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012
537 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36731/12]
View answerThe Agencies currently operating under the aegis of my Department are as follows:
An Bord Pleanála
An Chomhairle Leabharlanna
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Environmental Protection Agency
Housing Finance Agency
Irish Water Safety
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency
Limerick Northside Regeneration Agency
Limerick Southside Regeneration Agency
Local Government Computer Services Board
Local Government Management Services Board
Private Residential Tenancies Board
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland
Western Development Commission
Building Regulations Advisory Board
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee
The Local Government Management Services Board, the Local Government Computer Services Board and An Chomhairle Leabharlanna are being dissolved with their functions being transferred to the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA). The work of the Fire Services Council has been absorbed into the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management within the Department.
The Affordable Homes Partnership will be dissolved and its functions, as well as those of the Centre for Housing Research and the National Building Agency, have been merged into the Interim Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (IHSCA). The Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (HSCA) is currently operating on an administrative basis.
The LGMA and the HSCA are being formally established under the provisions of the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Acts 1971 to 2012. The Corporate Bodies Acts were recently amended by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012.
The Dublin Docklands Development Authority will be wound down over the next 18 months.
Pobal is a not-for-profit private company limited by guarantee with charitable status which manages programmes on behalf of the Irish Government and the EU.
Information on the projected expenditure for Exchequer funded agencies under the aegis of my Department is published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2012. The summary table of Exchequer expenditure of non-commercial state agencies shows the provisional outturn for 2011 and the estimated expenditure for 2012.
