Written answers
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Department of Transport
Departmental Bodies
9:00 pm
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of high level groups operating within his Department; the purpose of each group; the year each group was set up; the number of times each group has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40342/10]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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There are working groups across my Department involved in the ongoing monitoring of various activities and which meet regularly. However, set out below is a list of high level working groups operating under a specific or sectoral agenda.
| Name of Group | Purpose of group | Year was set up | Number of times group met |
| Transport 21 Monitoring Group | Monitor the implementation of projects and programmes provided for in Transport 21 | 2006 | 19 |
| Steering Group | Report on the proposed merger of the National Roads Authority and the Railway Procurement Agency | 2010 | 8 |
| Irish Aeronautical and Maritime Emergency Advisory Committee (IAMEAC)(Formally known as MEAG) | To bring us into line with current International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)/International Maritime Organisation (IMO) guidance on the co-ordination and oversight of State Aviation, Marine and Land Search and Rescue (SAR). It had its terms of reference amended to reflect current IAMSAR(International Aeronautical and Maritime search and rescue) Guidance on national SAR Committees | 2010 | Meet approx twice a year |
| The National Civil Aviation Security Committee (NCASC) | To advise the Government and the civil aviation industry of security policy for civil aviation, to recommend and review the effectiveness of security measures and to provide for co-ordination of the various interests involved | 1974 | Since the formation of the Department of Transport on 18th June 2002 this group has met 11 times |
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