Written answers
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Department of Transport
Departmental Bodies
9:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport the budgets of the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies and quangos under the remit of his Department since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30107/07]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy was provided to the House on 17 October 2007 in reply to PQ No. 261. The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tables.
| Name | Establishment Date | 1997-2007 | No. of Members | No. of Staff | Budget |
| €m | |||||
| Córas Iompair Éireann | 01/01/1945 | 2007 | 12 | 283 | *See below |
| 2006 | 12 | 290 | |||
| 2005 | 12 | 298 | |||
| 2004 | 12 | 303 | |||
| 2003 | 12 | 302 | |||
| 2002 | 12 | 315 | |||
| 2001 | 12 | 444 | |||
| 2000 | 12 | 407 | |||
| 1999 | 12 | 314 | |||
| 1998 | 12 | 299 | |||
| 1997 | 12 | 311 | |||
| Bus Éireann | 11/12/1986 | 2007 | 9 | 2,750 | *See below |
| 2006 | 9 | 2,756 | |||
| 2005 | 9 | 2,758 | |||
| 2004 | 9 | 2,736 | |||
| 2003 | 9 | 2,721 | |||
| 2002 | 9 | 2,701 | |||
| 2001 | 6 | 2,641 | |||
| 2000 | 6 | 2,565 | |||
| 1999 | 6 | 2,462 | |||
| 1998 | 6 | 2,523 | |||
| 1997 | 6 | 2,521 | |||
| Bus Átha Cliath | 11/12/1986 | 2007 | 9 | 3,694 | *See below |
| 2006 | 9 | 3,453 | |||
| 2005 | 9 | 3,407 | |||
| 2004 | 9 | 3,367 | |||
| Bus Átha Cliath—contd. | 2003 | 9 | 3,367 | ||
| 2002 | 9 | 3,319 | |||
| 2001 | 6 | 3,332 | |||
| 2000 | 6 | 3,093 | |||
| 1999 | 6 | 3,004 | |||
| 1998 | 6 | 2,901 | |||
| 1997 | 6 | 2,901 | |||
| Iarnród Éireann | 11/12/1986 | 2007 | 9 | 4,964 | *See below |
| 2006 | 9 | 5,317 | |||
| 2005 | 9 | 5,463 | |||
| 2004 | 9 | 5,590 | |||
| 2003 | 9 | 5,833 | |||
| 2002 | 9 | 5,976 | |||
| 2001 | 6 | 5,724 | |||
| 2000 | 6 | 5,358 | |||
| 1999 | 6 | 5,234 | |||
| 1998 | 6 | 4,985 | |||
| 1997 | 6 | 4,939 | |||
| Railway Safety Commission | 01/01/2006 | 2007 | N/A | 8 | 2.09 |
| 2006 | 7 | 1.786 | |||
| Railway Safety Advisory Council | 11/05/2007 | 2007 | 14 | N/A | Budget comes out of RSC Budget |
| *The CIÉ Group Annual Reports and Financial Statements, which are published annually, provide details of Revenue and Expenditure for CIÉ, Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann. |
| Name | Establishment Date | 1997-2007 | No. of Members | No. of Staff | Budget |
| €m | |||||
| *Railway Procurement Agency | 28th December 2001 | 2002 | 8 | 121 | 141,311,481 |
| 2003 | 8 | 131 | 145,405,647 | ||
| 2004 | 8 | 120 | 163,476,521 | ||
| 2005 | 8 | 120 | 91,892,082 | ||
| 2006 | 8 | 139 | 39,953,252 | ||
| Commission for Taxi Regulation | 1 September 2004 | 2004 | 1 | Nil | 748,799 |
| 2005 | 10 | Nil | 2,485,878 | ||
| 2006 | 11 | Nil | 10,322,845 | ||
| 2007 | 21 | Nil | N/A | ||
| Advisory Council to the Commission for Taxi Regulation | 4 November 2003 | 2003 | Nil | 18 | Nil |
| 2004 | Nil | 18 | Nil | ||
| 2005 | Nil | 18 | Nil | ||
| 2006 (1 January to 3 November) | Nil | 18 | Nil | ||
| 2006 (4 November to 23 November) | Nil | Nil | Nil | ||
| 2006 (24 November to 31 December) | Nil | 1 | Nil | ||
| 2007 (1 January 2007 to 29 March 2007) | Nil | 1 | Nil | ||
| 2007 (30 March to 23 July) | Nil | 16 | Nil | ||
| 2007 (24 July to date) | Nil | 17 | Nil | ||
| Dublin Transportation Office | 7 November 1995 | 2006 | 16 | 17 | 30,846 |
| 2005 | 16 | 17 | 38,131 | ||
| 2004 | 18 | 17 | 40,794 | ||
| 2003 | 18 | 16 | 42,564 | ||
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | 31,520 | ||
| 2001 | 15 | 16 | 35,983 | ||
| 2000 | 13 | 15 | 33,941 | ||
| 1999 | 14 | 15 | 30,967 | ||
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | 13,633 | ||
| 1997 | 14 | 14 | 10,459 |
| Name | Establishment Date | 1997-2007 | No. of Members | No. of Staff | Budget |
| €m | |||||
| Integrated Ticketing Project Board. The board is interim in nature, pending the establishment of the Dublin Transport Authority. | 07 July 2006 | 2007 | 7 | Zero. (The Board is non-statutory, all members except the independent chairperson are volunteers. The independent chairperson is paid a daily rate.) | Zero. (The capital budget for the integrated ticketing project is administered by the Railway Procurement Agency. A daily rate to cover the independent chairperson's costs usually amounting to 3-4 days per month is paid to the chairperson.) |
| 2006 | 7 | ||||
| National Roads Authority | 1st January 1994 | 1997 | 14 | 65 | 3,540,030 |
| 1998 | 19 | 69 | 3,617,484 | ||
| 1999 | 21 | 68 | 4,106,333 | ||
| 2000 | 21 | 81 | 4,525,347 | ||
| 2001 | 24 | 88 | 5,722,710 | ||
| 2002 | 30 | 90 | 7,139,000 | ||
| 2003 | 31 | 90 | 7,589,000 | ||
| 2004 | 33 | 90 | 8,452,000 | ||
| 2005 | 36 | 89 | 8,688,000 | ||
| 2006 | 36 | 120 | 13,080,000 | ||
| **The Marine Casualty Investigation Board | 5th June 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 2 | 90,000 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 | 205,384 | ||
| 2004 | 5 | 2 | 284,206 | ||
| 2005 | 5 | 2 | 286,918 | ||
| 2006 | 5 | 2 | 373,832 | ||
| *In addition to the above, the RPA has to date received €77m in EU grant aid towards the cost of building the Luas line A. | |||||
| **In 2002 staff salaries were paid by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. Staff salaries for each year 2003 to 2006 were paid by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and recouped from the Board at year end. Overall staff salaries for 2007 are not available. Both staff members are on secondment from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. |
Following the Aer Lingus IPO in October 2006 the Government retains a 25.4% shareholding in the airline. Details of staff numbers from 1997-2006 are set out as follows:—
| Name | Establishment Date | Year 1997-2007 | No. of Members | Average No of Staff | Budget* |
| Aer Lingus | 1966 | 1997 | 12 | 8,308 | * No Exchequer funding for the last ten years |
| 1998 | 12 | 8,316 | |||
| 1999 | 12 | 7,044 | |||
| 2000 | 12 | 6,624 | |||
| 2001 | 12 | 6,108 | |||
| 2002 | 12 | 4,647 | |||
| 2003 | 12 | 4,281 | |||
| 2004 | 12 | 3,906 | |||
| 2005 | 12 | 3,475 | |||
| 2006 | 12 | 3,617 |
The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) is headed by the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation who is appointed by the Minister.
Staff numbers are set out as follows:—
| Name | Establishment Date | Year | No of Members* | Number of staff at year end | Budget* |
| The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) | February 2001 | 2001 | *There is no board of Directors | 16 | CAR is a self financing body |
| 2002 | 16 | ||||
| 2003 | 17 | ||||
| 2004 | 17 | ||||
| 2005 | 18 | ||||
| 2006 | 20 |
The Irish Aviation Authority staff numbers are set out as follows:—
| Name | Establishment Date | Year | No. of Members* | Staff | Budget* |
| The Irish Aviation authority | 1st January 1994 | 1997 | *The full complement including the Chairman is 9 | 637 | *The IAA does not receive any State funding |
| 1998 | 642 | ||||
| 1999 | 654 | ||||
| 2000 | 675 | ||||
| 2001 | 693 | ||||
| 2002 | 681 | ||||
| 2003 | 684 | ||||
| 2004 | 673 | ||||
| 2005 | 640 | ||||
| 2006 | 650 |
| Authority | Date of Est. | No. of Board Members | Staff and Budget |
| Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) | In keeping with the State Airports Act 2004 the DAA was established on the 1st October 2004. | 9 Board Members | Commercial State Body. |
| Shannon Airport Authority (SAA)* | In keeping with the State Airports Act 2004 the SAA was incorporated on the 16th September 2004. | 9 Board Members | Commercial State Body. |
| Cork Airport Authority (CAA)* | In keeping with the State Airports Act 2004 the CAA was incorporated on the 16th September 2004. | 9 Board Members | Commercial State Body. |
| *The Shannon and Cork Airport Authorities were incorporated on the 16th September 2004 and in line with the framework provided by the State Airports Act 2004, these two authorities will, in due course, operate their respective airports. | |||
| **The employee members are appointed on a short term temporary basis in accordance with Section 9(9) of the State Airports Act 2004 until the Minister for Transport is in a position to appoint employee members under Section 15 of the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1977 as amended by Section 19 of the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988. | |||
| ***The Department agreed to a request by ICTU for the appointment of a fifth worker representative on each of these boards, during the temporary period, pending the implementation of the State Airports Act 2004. For the duration of the interim period, the two additional worker representatives are entitled to attend board meetings but they are not entitled to vote or otherwise discharge any of the formal duties of directors. |
The vast majority of the State's commercial seaport capacity is located within the jurisdiction of the ten State owned port companies established pursuant to the provisions of the Harbours Acts 1996 and 2000 (Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Dún Laoghaire, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Dundalk, Drogheda, Galway and Wicklow). The Minister for Transport is the main shareholder in the ten companies. Each board has up to twelve members in accordance with the Act. Staff and budgets are an operational matter for the companies.
Rosslare Europort falls outside the scope of the Harbours Acts but is owned and operated by the CIE Group. Greenore Port in Co. Louth is a privately owned port in which Dublin Port Company has a 50% shareholding.
There are currently 10 harbour authorities under the provisions of the Harbours Act 1946:
Arklow Harbour Commissioners
Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners were established under the Harbours Act 1976.
Baltimore and Skibbereen Harbour Commissioners
Kilrush Urban District Council
Kinsale Harbour Commissioners
River Moy Commissioners
Tralee and Fenit Harbour Commissioners
Westport Harbour Commissioners
Wexford Harbour Commissioners
Youghal Urban District Council.
Membership of the harbour authorities varies in accordance with the provisions of the legislation. Staff and budgets of the harbour authorities are operational matters for the authorities themselves.
Two harbour authorities transferred to local authority control in 2006 (Sligo and Annagassan). Dingle was designated a Fishery Harbour Centre in 2007 by the Minister of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, with the consent of the Minister for Transport. Accordingly, these three bodies ceased to function as harbour authorities under the Harbours Acts.
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