Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017

Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Ceisteanna (243)

Seán Fleming

Ceist:

243. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of expenditure or the group of Votes of expenditure connected with his Department in 2017 for the provision of services by the body or the organisation concerned; the amount involved in each case; if there is a signed service level agreement in place in respect of the services to be carried out by these bodies or organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36162/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

In response to the Deputy’s question, the following table provides the details of each body or organisation scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from the group of votes under my remit in 2017.

Body/Organisation	Details of services being provided	Amount
Institute of Public Administration	Public sector development, through education, training, research and publishing	€2,725,000
Economic and Social Research Institute	Economic and Social Research	€2,675,000
Special EU Programmes Body	A North South body established under the Good Friday Agreement whose primary function is the management of the EU cross border structural funds programmes, PEACE and INTERREG.	€2,450,000*

* 85% of the contribution towards Technical Assistance is reclaimed from the European Commission.

Measures are in place to ensure that there are appropriate Departmental oversight arrangements in respect of IPA and ESRI, underpinned by compliance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies. 

A draft Service Level Agreement is in place for the current round of programming of the Special EU Programmes Body, which is a North South body established under the Good Friday Agreement.  This is a joint document between its Sponsor Departments and is currently awaiting sign-off by Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance.