Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 May 2015
586. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18433/15]
View answerMy Department’s agency modernisation/rationalisation programme has seen a significant reduction in the number of agencies, with further reductions planned for 2015 with the dissolution of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.
Details regarding the number of agencies under the aegis of my Department which have been merged or abolished and the associated savings are contained in the Report on the Implementation of the Agency Rationalisation Programme published by my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, which is available at http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Agency-rationalisation.pdf.
The most significant savings arising in the Department’s group of agencies flow from the reduction in staff numbers, which have fallen to 676 by Q1 2015, the latest date for which figures are available, as compared to a peak of 951 at the end of 2008 – a reduction of 275 (29%).
