Written answers

Thursday, 8 May 2008

Department of Transport

Departmental Agencies

5:00 pm

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of agencies that come under the aegis of his Department; the funding provided by his Department for the operation of each of these agencies; the number of agencies that will be subsumed by the new Dublin Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17320/08]

Photo of Noel DempseyNoel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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There are a total of 36 State agencies under the aegis of my Department. The total operating funding, excluding capital funding, provided to the State agencies by my Department in 2007 was €407,502,715. Some 10 State agencies received this funding and the amounts provided in each case are set out in the table below.

The remainder of the agencies, including the 20 port companies and harbour authorities, the aviation and airport authorities and the taxi and aviation regulators, are self-financing through charging for services provided.

It is my intention to subsume the Dublin Transportation Office and the Commission for Taxi Regulation into the Dublin Transport Authority.

I am, of course, always prepared to keep structures and agencies continuously under review, to ensure optimal efficiencies and best fit with my Department's strategic agenda.

Department of Transport Funding to Agencies
Name of AgencyOperating Funding provided in 2007
CIE Group — Bus Átha Cliath80,100,000*
CIE Group — Bus Éireann31,600,000*
CIE Group — Iarnród Éireann194,900,000
Railway Safety Commission2,100,000
Railway Procurement Agency11,636,715
National Roads Authority55,097,000
Dublin Transportation Office1,108,000
Road Safety Authority27,952,000
Medical Bureau of Road Safety2,709,000
Marine Casualty Investigation Board300,000
Dublin Airport AuthorityNil
Shannon Airport AuthorityNil
Cork Airport AuthorityNil
Commission for Taxi RegulationNil
Commission for Aviation RegulationNil
Irish Aviation AuthorityNil
Port of Cork CompanyNil
Drogheda Port CompanyNil
Dublin Port CompanyNil
Dundalk Port CompanyNil
Dún Laoghaire Harbour CompanyNil
Galway Harbour CompanyNil
New Ross Port CompanyNil
Shannon/Foynes Port CompanyNil
Port of Waterford CompanyNil
Wicklow Port CompanyNil
Arklow Harbour CommissionersNil
Baltimore Harbour CommissionersNil
Bantry Bay Harbour CommissionersNil
Kilrush Harbour CommissionersNil
Kinsale Harbour CommissionersNil
River Moy (Ballina) Harbour CommissionersNil
Tralee and Fenit and Harbour CommissionersNil
Westport Port and Harbour CommissionersNil
Wexford Harbour CommissionersNil
Youghal Harbour CommissionersNil
*In respect of subvented public transport services.

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