Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Department of Transport
Departmental Agencies
12:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport 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. [34431/08]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tables.
| Name | Establishment Date | 1997-2007 | No. of Staff | Budget |
| (€m) | ||||
| Railway Safety Commission | 01/01/2006 | 2008 | 8 | 2.068 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2.090 | ||
| 2006 | 7 | 1.786 | ||
| Railway Safety Advisory Council | 11/05/2007 | 2008 | N/A | Budget comes out of RSC |
| 2007 | Budget |
The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) is headed by the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation who is appointed by the Minister.
Staff numbers are set out in the following tables:
| Name | Establishment Date | Year | Number of staff | Budget * |
| The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) | February 2001 | 2001 | 16 | CAR is a self financing body |
| 2002 | 16 | |||
| 2003 | 17 | |||
| 2004 | 17 | |||
| 2005 | 18 | |||
| 2006 | 20 | |||
| 2007 | 21 |
| Name | Establishment Date | 1997-2007 | No. of Staff | Budget |
| (€m) | ||||
| *Railway Procurement Agency | 28th December 2001 | 2002 | 121 | 141,311,481 |
| 2003 | 131 | 145,405,647 | ||
| 2004 | 120 | 163,476,521 | ||
| 2005 | 120 | 91,892,082 | ||
| 2006 | 139 | 39,953,252 | ||
| 2007 | 198 | 133,268,715 | ||
| Road Safety Authority | 13 September 2006 | 2006 | 310 | 29,562,920 |
| 2007 | 319 | 39,111,000 | ||
| Commission for Taxi Regulation | 1 September 2004 | 2004 | 1 | 748,799 |
| 2005 | 10 | 2,485,878 | ||
| 2006 | 11 | 10,322,845 | ||
| 2007 | 21 | 21,939,589 | ||
| 2008 | 22 | N/A | ||
| Advisory Council to the Commission for Taxi Regulation | 4 November 2003 | 2003 | 18 | Nil |
| 2004 | 18 | Nil | ||
| 2005 | 18 | Nil | ||
| 2006 (1 January to 3 November) | 18 | Nil | ||
| 2006 (4 November to 23 November) | Nil | Nil | ||
| 2006 (24 November to 31 December) | 1 | Nil | ||
| 2007 (1 January 2007 to 29 March 2007) | 1 | Nil | ||
| 2007 (30 March to 23 July) | 16 | Nil | ||
| 2007 (24 July to date) | 17 | Nil | ||
| **The Marine Casualty Investigation Board | 5th June 2002 | 2002 | 2 | 90,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | 139,619 | ||
| 2004 | 2 | 213,580 | ||
| 2005 | 2 | 210,959 | ||
| 2006 | 2 | 286,916 | ||
| 2007 | 2 | 144,658 | ||
| 2008 | 3 | N/A | ||
| *In addition to the above, the RPA has to date received 77m in EU grant aid towards the cost of building the Luas line A. | ||||
| **In 2002 staff salaries were paid by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. Staff salaries for each year 2003 to 2006 were paid by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and recouped from the Board at year end. Overall staff salaries for 2008 are not available. |
| Authority | Date of Establishment | Staff and Budget |
| Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) | In keeping with the State Airports Act 2004 the DAA was established on the 1st October 2004. | Commercial State Body. |
| Shannon Airport Authority (SAA)* | In keeping with the State Airports Act 2004 the SAA was incorporated on the 16th September 2004. | Commercial State Body. |
| Cork Airport Authority (CAA)* | In keeping with the State Airports Act 2004 the CAA was incorporated on the 16th September 2004. | Commercial State Body. |
| *The Shannon and Cork Airport Authorities were incorporated on the 16th September 2004 and in line with the framework provided by the State Airports Act 2004, these two authorities will, in due course, operate their respective airports. |
The vast majority of the State's commercial seaport capacity is located within the jurisdiction of the ten State owned port companies established pursuant to the provisions of the Harbours Acts 1996 and 2000 (Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Dun Laoghaire, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Dundalk, Drogheda, Galway and Wicklow). The Minister for Transport is the main shareholder in the ten companies. Each board has up to twelve members in accordance with the Act. Staff and budgets are an operational matter for the companies.
Rosslare Europort falls outside the scope of the Harbours Acts but is owned and operated by the CIE Group. Greenore Port in Co. Louth is a privately owned port in which Dublin Port Company has a 50% shareholding.
There are currently 9 harbour authorities under the provisions of the Harbours Act 1946:
Arklow Harbour Commissioners
Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners
Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners were established under the Harbours Act 1976.
Baltimore and Skibbereen Harbour Commissioners
Kilrush Urban District Council
Kinsale Harbour Commissioners
Tralee and Fenit Harbour Commissioners
Westport Harbour Commissioners
Wexford Harbour Commissioners
Youghal Urban District Council.
Membership of the harbour authorities varies in accordance with the provisions of the legislation. Staff and budgets of the harbour authorities are operational matters for the authorities themselves.
Two harbour authorities transferred to local authority control in 2006 (Sligo and Annagassan). Dingle was designated a Fishery Harbour Centre in 2007 by the Minister of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, with the consent of the Minister for Transport. Accordingly, these three bodies ceased to function as harbour authorities under the Harbours Acts.
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