Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 July 2021
177. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the institutions that are designated as publicly controlled market operators by the CSO as part of the official reporting of Ireland’s Government finance statistics and the excessive deficit procedure notification for Ireland in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36202/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Central Statistics Office’s (CSO) Register of Public Sector Bodies provides the basis for the preparation of Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) reporting for Ireland. It lists all organisations in the State which are considered to be in the general government sector for the purposes of GFS and EDP. It also lists organisations which, while under public control, are not part of the general government sector.
Publicly controlled market operators are listed in the Register of Public Sector Bodies. However, these entities are not included in the official Government Finance Statistics and Excessive Deficit Procedure reporting as they are not classified as falling within the general government sector.
The general government sector consists of central government and local government.
The central government sector includes bodies that are established through political processes and whose activities a Minister of government or other responsible person is accountable for. The sector does not include public corporations or enterprises engaged in the production of commercial services or goods. The main categories of central government bodies are:
- Departments of State including any additional voted expenditure under the aegis of the Minister;
- Extra-Budgetary Funds for which separate accounts are maintained and which are directly administered by departments; and
- Bodies which are not departments but which are funded almost entirely from the Exchequer are subject to controls and may be regarded as extensions of government departments, such as Non-commercial Agencies.
The local government sector includes all Local Authorities, Local Authorities non-commercial agencies, Regional Assemblies and a number of Approved Housing Bodies.
A full list of bodies, which are included in the general government sector for the purpose of GFS and EDP reporting, can be found at:
www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-rpbi/registerofpublicsectorbodies2020/.
