Mary Lou McDonald
Ceist:224. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under his remit. [30923/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 9 July 2014
Ceisteanna (224)
Freagraí scríofa
My Department currently has the following non-commercial State sponsored bodies supporting us in our work:
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Enterprise Ireland (EI) |
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IDA Ireland |
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Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) |
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Local Enterprise Offices (31) |
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The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) |
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Forfás |
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National Consumer Agency (NCA) |
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The Competition Authority |
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Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority |
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Personal Injuries Assessment Board |
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The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) |
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The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) |
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The Patents Office |
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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) |
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Companies Registration Office (CRO) |
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Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies |
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The Labour Court |
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The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) |
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The Equality Tribunal |
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The Labour Relations Commission (LRC) |
A Reform Programme underway will deliver a two tier Workplace Relations structure by merging the activities of the National Employment Rights Authority, the Labour Relations Commission, the Equality Tribunal and the first instance functions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Labour Court into a new Body of First Instance, to be known as the Workplace Relations Commission. The appellate functions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal will be incorporated into an expanded Labour Court. Plans are at an advanced stage to:
- Integrate Forfás into my Department and transfer the Irish National Accreditation Board from Forfás to the Health and Safety Authority, pursuant to the Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act, 2014
- Merge the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority into one single entity
- The transfer of enterprise functions from Shannon Development to IDA, EI and tourism functions to Bord Fáilte took place during the last quarter of 2013. The legislation to merge Shannon Development and Shannon Airport into a new commercial state company, State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014, is currently at the Report and Final Stages.
In addition, I would draw the Deputy’s attention to the fact that, following enactment of the Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012, Microfinance Ireland was established as a private limited company in August 2012, as a subsidiary of the Social Finance Foundation and has charitable status.
I would also point out that the 35 County Enterprise Boards were dissolved on 15 April 2014 and their functions transferred to Enterprise Ireland. Those functions are now being operated by 31 Local Enterprise Offices through the Local Authorities.