Written answers
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Departmental Agencies
5:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 247: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff employed in each agency that derives from his Department at the end of 2007, 2008, and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/10]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Currently, the number of relevant bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group is 7. The following table lists the bodies in question, as well as details submitted to my Department regarding the numbers of staff employed at year-end in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
TABLE: Staffing numbers for 2007-2009 in bodies funded from Vote Group of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
| Bodies | Staff employed at end-2007 | Staff employed at end-2008 | Staff employed at end-2009 |
| Western Development Commission | 15 | 16.54 | 15.4 |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta | 112 | 111 | 103.03 |
| Dormant Accounts Board* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests (CCDB)** | 7.6 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| An Coimisinéir Teanga** | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Waterways Ireland | 345.95 | 349.46 | 355.8 |
| An Foras Teanga, comprising: | |||
| Foras na Gaeilge | 51 | 50 | 48.6 |
| Ulster-Scots Agency | 17 | 15 | 17.54 |
*The Dormant Accounts Board does not employ any staff. However, a member of staff of my Department provides secretarial assistance to the Board on a half-time basis.
**Staff seconded from my Department.
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