Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 June 2013
355. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29813/13]
View answer356. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the number of new semi-State organisations under his aegis which have been established since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29826/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 355 and 356 together.
The State Agencies under the aegis of my Department are as follows:
- An Bord Pleanála
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Housing Finance Agency
- Irish Water Safety
- Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency
- Local Government Management Agency
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
- Radiological Protection Institute Ireland
- Western Development Commission
Pobal is a not-for-profit company with charitable status, which manages programmes on behalf of the Irish Government and the EU.
Under the Department’s agency rationalisation programme which saw 21 agencies reduced to 10, the Local Government Management Services Board and the Local Government Computer Services Board have merged with the establishment of the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) on 1 August 2012. The LGMA has also taken on the residual functions from An Chomhairle Leabharlanna, which was dissolved in November 2012.
The Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency was formally established on 1 August 2012 under the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (Establishment) Order 2012. It rationalises the functions of the National Building Agency (NBA), the Affordable Homes Partnership (AHP) and the Centre for Housing Research (CHR). The AHP and the CHR have been closed down and the NBA ceased operating in June 2011.
