Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Department of Finance
Departmental Agencies
12:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff employed. [34425/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table outlines the information requested by the Deputy, in respect of the Special EU Programmes Body which was the only new body funded from my Department's vote in the period since 1997. The Special EU Programmes Body is a joint North/South body.
| Details in respect of the Special EU Programmes Body since 1999 | |||
| Name of Agency | Date Established | Budget in each of the past 10 years | Staff Numbers |
| Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) | Dec 1999 | 2000: €1.365m | 2000: 19* |
| 2001: €3.194m | 2001: 21 | ||
| 2002: €2.884m | 2002: 33 | ||
| 2003: €2.660m | 2003: 32 | ||
| 2004: €2.800m | 2004: 40 | ||
| 2005: €2.979m | 2005: 41 | ||
| 2006: €2.813m | 2006: 41 | ||
| 2007: €3.392m | 2007: 43 | ||
| 2008: €4.064m | 2008: 55 | ||
| The Department of Finance fund 50% of the SEUPB bugget. The Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland fund the other 50%. | |||
| This refers to average number of staff in the post in any given year. |
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