Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 359: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the organisations or authorities operating within his Department's policy area, set up by statute or statutory instrument, for which he does not have official responsibility to Dáil Éireann. [31112/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has a very broad remit with many Offices of the Department, as well as Agencies, charged with carrying out their specific remit as well as acting in an advisory role.

In general, I am accountable to Dáil Éireann in respect of the legislative basis and policy framework for these Bodies. However, I am not accountable for their "day-to-day" operational activities.

These Offices and Agencies are listed as follows:

Offices:

Companies Registration Office (CRO)

Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT)

Labour Relations Commission (LRC)

Labour Court

National Employment Rights Authority (NERA)

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE)

Patents Office

Registrar of Friendly Societies (RFS)

Agencies:

Competition Authority

Enterprise Ireland (EI)

FÁS

Forfás

Health and Safety Authority (HSA)

IDA Ireland

InterTradeIreland

Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA)

National Consumer Agency (NCA)

National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)

Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB)

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)

Shannon Development

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