Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 May 2017

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Questions (277)

Barry Cowen

Question:

277. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department on renting car park spaces in each of the years from 2011 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23469/17]

Written answers

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Expenditure on car parking spaces by state agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for the agencies concerned and not one in which I have any function.

I have asked the agencies to provide me with details of any such expenditure and I will forward this to the Deputy once received.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A

In my reply, I undertook to request the agencies under the remit of my Department to supply the requested information. This is now set out in the tables.

2011

Agency	Amount spent on renting car park spaces
Microfinance Ireland	Nil
*NSAI	€163,347
**Enterprise Ireland	€320,955
Science Foundation Ireland	Nil
IDA Ireland	Nil
Health and Safety Authority	€31,075
Personal Injuries Assessment Board	€18,392
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority	€10,400

2012

Agency	Amount spent on renting car park spaces
Microfinance Ireland	Nil
*NSAI	€163,347
**Enterprise Ireland	€286,360
Science Foundation Ireland	Nil
IDA Ireland	Nil
Health and Safety Authority	€31,075
Personal Injuries Assessment Board	€18,696
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority	€10,400

2013

Agency	Amount spent on renting car park spaces
Microfinance Ireland	Nil
*NSAI	€163,347
**Enterprise Ireland	€286,360
Science Foundation Ireland	Nil
IDA Ireland	Nil
Health and Safety Authority	€31,075
Personal Injuries Assessment Board	€18,696
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority	€10,400

2014

Agency	Amount spent on renting car park spaces
Microfinance Ireland	Nil
*NSAI	€163,347
**Enterprise Ireland	€286,360
Science Foundation Ireland	Nil
IDA Ireland	Nil
Health and Safety Authority	€35,125
Personal Injuries Assessment Board	€18,696
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority	€10,400

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2015

Agency	Amount spent on renting car park spaces
Microfinance Ireland	Nil
*NSAI	€163,347
**Enterprise Ireland	€286,360
Science Foundation Ireland	Nil
IDA Ireland	Nil
Health and Safety Authority	€29,517
Personal Injuries Assessment Board	€18,696
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority	€10,400

2016

Agency	Amount spent on renting car park spaces
Microfinance Ireland	€2,030
*NSAI	€163,347
**Enterprise Ireland	€324,845
Science Foundation Ireland	Nil
IDA Ireland	Nil
Health and Safety Authority	€31,114
Personal Injuries Assessment Board	€18,696
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority	€10,400

2017

Agency	Amount spent on renting car park spaces
Microfinance Ireland	€3,200 up to 30/4/2017
*NSAI	€81,673 up to 16/05/17
**Enterprise Ireland	€121,110 up to 30/04/17
Science Foundation Ireland	Nil
IDA Ireland	Nil
Health and Safety Authority	€16,690
Personal Injuries Assessment Board	Nil to date
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority	Nil to date
***Competition and Consumer Protection Commission	€11,838

*Car parking includes spaces for visitors to NSAI attending meetings, events, seminars, etc.

**Car parking includes spaces for visitors to Enterprise Ireland attending meetings, events, seminars, etc.

***the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) moved to new premises on 31 March 2017 and has paid for car park spaces for Quarter 2 of 2017. It did not incur charges for car park spaces prior to this since its establishment on 31 October 2014. The CCPC was formed by the merger of the Competition Authority which did not incur costs for car park spaces and the National Consumer Agency where the cost of car park spaces were included in the rent it paid.