Written answers
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Department of Finance
Departmental Agencies
5:00 pm
Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9924/08]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in respect of bodies under the aegis of my Department is outlined in the tables below. In some cases, the functions undertaken by the agency are new functions not previously undertaken by my Department.
| Special EU Programmes Body | |
| Devolved responsibility | Arrangements in place in the case of each agency listed to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann |
| The central secretariat, monitoring, research, evaluation, technical assistance and development roles in respect of INTERREG and PEACE programmes exercised by the Department of Finance | The SEUPB is a North South Implementation Body set up under the Good Friday agreement. It is the Managing Authority for two cross border EU Programmes and I have been informed it operates to the highest standards of service delivery and has a policy of openness and transparency in all its dealings with stakeholders and the general public. It also has a policy to respond as speedily as possible to queries from elected representatives from both jurisdictions North and South. |
| National Treasury Management Agency | |
| Devolved responsibility | Arrangements in place in the case of each agency listed to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann |
| Management of the National Debt | The National Treasury Management Agency is also the State Claims Agency, the manager of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and the body through which the National Development Finance Agency performs its functions. |
| National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission | |
| Devolved responsibility | Arrangements in place in the case of each agency listed to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann |
| Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund | As per NTMA |
| National Development Finance Agency | |
| Devolved responsibility | Arrangements in place in the case of each agency listed to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann |
| (a) To advise any State authority of what, in the opinion of the Agency, are the optimal means of financing the cost of public investment projects in order to achieve value for money | As per NTMA |
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