Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 May 2012
561 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of State agencies in his Department which were abolished or merged since 2011; the name and purpose of each one; the amount saved by the merger or abolition; the number planned to be merged or abolished in 2012; the name and purpose of each one; the amount expected to be saved from this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21584/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere were no State agencies abolished or merged in 2011. The Government decided that three bodies under the aegis of my Department should be reviewed.
1. National Milk Agency— to consider abolishing or merging with Bord Bia.
2. Irish Marine Development Office— functions to be subsumed into the Marine Institute.
3. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) — to consider subsuming certain functions into this Department. (The marketing functions of BIM had been transferred to Bord Bia prior to the period in question).
These reviews are to be finalised by the end of June 2012.
