Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 February 2006
372 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 15 December 2005 the funding received by each body under the aegis of his Department in 2005 and the projected amount in 2006; the breakdown of his Department’s contribution to each body in 2005 and to date in 2006; the number of staff employed by each of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4304/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails of funding for the agencies under the auspices of this Department as outlined in Parliamentary Question No. 39961 of 15 December is set out in the following table. This table outlines the total amounts these agencies provisionally spent in 2005, their respective allocations included in the 2006 abridged Estimates volume, AEV, and the relevant expenditure to date in 2006.
|
Agency |
Provisional 2005 spend |
2006 allocation |
2006 spend to date |
|
€000’s |
€000’s |
€000’s |
|
|
Dublin Transportation Office (DTO) Programme Expenditure |
35,059 |
44,500 |
|
|
Admin Expenditure |
1,198 |
1,082 |
|
|
Total |
36,257 |
45,582 |
nil* |
|
National Safety Council (NSC) Admin Expenditure |
5,397 |
5,559 |
nil* |
|
Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS) Admin Expenditure |
3,283 |
9,397** |
nil* |
|
National Roads Authority (NRA) Programme Expenditure |
1,317,164 |
1,362,285 |
17,147 |
|
Admin Expenditure |
8,688 |
13,080 |
1,200 |
|
Total |
1,325,852 |
1,375,365 |
18,347 |
|
Railway Procurement Agency Programme Expenditure |
85,009 |
110,000 |
681 |
|
Admin Expenditure |
6,878 |
11,000 |
112 |
|
Total |
91,887 |
121,000 |
793 |
*The administration expenses for these bodies are normally reimbursed by the Department on a quarterly basis in arrears.
**The 2006 allocation to the MBRS includes an amount of €7m to fund its re-location to the university campus in Belfield.
The number of staff directly employed by each body is as outlined below:
|
Number |
|
|
Dublin Transportation office |
28 |
|
National Safety Council |
11 |
|
Medical Bureau of Road Safety |
17 |
|
National Roads Authority |
124* |
|
Railway Procurement Agency |
94 |
* The staffing figure for the NRA is their total sanctioned posts. The NRA are currently actively recruiting and they expect to be in a position to have their full staffing complement in situ by March 2006.
