I can inform the Deputy that the number of Commercial State bodies and Non-Commercial State bodies, including Regulators, under the aegis of my Department, is 18. These commercial companies and other bodies are generally not quangos if the Deputy has a particular quango in mind and if it falls under the aegis of this Department, I will endeavour to answer any questions he raises.
While no bodies have been abolished or merged by my Department in 2011 or to date in 2012, my Department has reviewed the rationalisation proposals for Agencies under its aegis as set out in the Public Service Reform Plan and the issue is due for consideration by Government. I would also mention that in 2010 my Department oversaw the creation of Inland Fisheries Ireland in 2010, a single body which replaced the functions of 8 Fisheries Boards, 8 Fisheries cooperatives and the National Salmon Commission. The current expenditure allocation for IFI in 2012 is €24.7m compared to €25.2m for the various Fisheries Boards in 2010, a reduction of €0.5m.
Table
Name of Body
|
Status
|
Exchequer Funding for 2012
€000s
|
An Post
Bord Gáis Éireann
Bord na Móna
EirGrid
Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
TG4
|
Commercial State Bodies
|
*12,457
-
-
-
-
**185,724
32,750
|
Inland Fisheries Ireland
Digital Hub Development Agency
Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission (Loughs Agency)
National Oil Reserves Agency
Irish National Petroleum Corporation
Mining Board
Ordinance Survey Ireland
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
|
Non-Commercial State Bodies
|
28,462
3,736
2,595
-
-
-
8,466
8,265
|
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
Commission for Energy Regulation
Commission for Communications Regulation
|
Regulators
|
-
-
-
|
* Vote neutral, payment for collection of the television licence fee.
**Grant to Raidió Telefís Éireann from Broadcasting Licence Fee Receipts (Grant-in-Aid) – (Vote neutral).