Written answers
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Bodies
9:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [30106/07]
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The main bodies under the remit of my Department are the National Statistics Board and the National Economic and Social Development Office which comprises the National Centre for Partnership and Performance, the National Economic and Social Council and the National Economic and Social Forum.
The Law Reform Commission also operates under the aegis of my Department. However, the Office of the Attorney General has responsibility for its budget.
The National Statistics Board was established on a statutory basis in November 1994, under the Statistics Act, 1993. The Board has no paid staff and no budget. Expenses incurred relate to the payment of stipends to five Board members, to the holding of meetings and to the publication of reports. These expenses are met within the budget of the Central Statistics Office.
| National Economic & Social Development Office (NESDO) (Est. 2001) | |
| Year | Budget '000 |
| 2001 | £35 |
| 2002 | €628 |
| 2003 | €641 |
| 2004 | €1,032 |
| 2005 | €1,168 |
| 2006 | €1,923 |
| 2007 | €1,937 |
| The National Centre for Partnership and Performance (NCPP) | |
| Year | Budget '000 |
| 2001 | £330 |
| 2002 | €932 |
| 2003 | €847 |
| 2004 | €1,086 |
| 2005 | €1,041 |
| 2006 | €1,450 |
| 2007 | €2,155* |
| *2007 amount is the budget allocation; the actual outturn is provided in relation to previous years. |
| National Economic & Social Council (NESC) | |
| Year | Budget '000 |
| 1997 | £371 |
| 1998 | £302 |
| 1999 | £365 |
| 2000 | £370 |
| 2001 | £451 |
| 2002 | €773 |
| 2003 | €697 |
| 2004 | €749 |
| 2005 | €790 |
| 2006 | €952 |
| 2007 | €1,116 |
| National Economic & Social Forum (NESF) | |
| Year | Budget '000 |
| 1997 | £404 |
| 1998 | £365 |
| 1999 | £393 |
| 2000 | £276 |
| 2001 | £574 |
| 2002 | €773 |
| 2003 | €669 |
| 2004 | €580 |
| 2005 | €689 |
| 2006 | €704 |
| 2007 | €880 |
| Ireland Newfoundland Partnership Board | |
| Year | Budget |
| 2004 | €313,000 |
| 2005 | €321,000 |
| 2006 | €337,000 |
| 2007 | €361,000 |
| National Forum on Europe | |
| Year | Budget €'000 |
| 2001 | No Budget |
| 2002 | €2,000 |
| 2003 | €922 |
| 2004 | €1,151 |
| 2005 | €1,300 |
| 2006 | €1,491 |
| 2007 | €1,621 |
| Information Society Commission (ISC) | |
| Year | Budget |
| 1997 | NIL |
| 1998 | £500,000 |
| 1999 | £550,000 |
| 2000 | £560,000 |
| 2001 | £565,000 |
| 2002 | €717,000 |
| 2003 | €664,000 |
| 2004 | €700,000 |
| 2005 | €716,000* |
| 2006 | €1,000** |
| *The ISC officially completed its term of office at the end of December 2004. A budget was provided for in 2005 to allow for expenditure carried over from 2004 and also costs associated with the production of the final report, which was published in January 2005. There was also an estimate provided for in the event of a possible replacement for the ISC. | |
| **The Budget for 2006 was a contingency budget to allow for a carry over of any expenditure from 2005. |
| Taskforce on Active Citizenship | |
| Year | Budget |
| 2006 | €275,000* |
| 2007 | €200,000 |
| *Outturn for 2006. |
The All Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution was established in 1997. To date, it has been funded by a grant administered by my Department. The Committee is now a Joint Committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
| Year | Budget |
| 1998 | £250,000 |
| 1999 | £250,000 |
| 2000 | £255,000 |
| 2001 | £259,000 |
| 2002 | €355,000 |
| 2003 | €331,000 |
| 2004 | €380,000 |
| 2005 | €399,000 |
| 2006 | €407,000 |
| 2007 | €398,000 |
The National Millennium Committee was established in 1998 to examine and to make recommendations on projects of national significance to be included in the Government's Millennium Programme. The Committee's work was done by April 2000, following the commitment by the Government of Committee funds to the recommended projects. The total amount allocated to the Committee for the Millennium Programme was €30.09 million — all of which was allocated by April 2000. A small office of four Civil Servants provided the secretariat to the Committee. This Office remained in place until June 2002, when it was abolished, to supervise the drawdown of the allocated funds according to agreed drawdown arrangements.
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