Written answers

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation

Departmental Staff

7:00 pm

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 318: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of quangos, agencies and authorities that were established by his Department in each of the years 1997 to January 2011; the number of staff employed by his Department in 1997; the number of staff employed by his Department in January 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22583/11]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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There were eight agencies/authorities established by my Department between 1997 and January 2011, as detailed in the following table. You may wish to note in this regard that it is the Oireachtas that establishes Agencies and authorities and not the Department.

The number of staff serving in the Department and its Offices, which comprise of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Companies Registration Office, the Patents Office, the Labour Court, the Labour Relations Commission and the Employment Appeals Tribunal, in 1997 was 908. These numbers peaked at 1,087 in 2008 and stand at 864 at the end of January 2011.

Name of Board, Body, Authority, Agency or OfficeDate Established
National Standards Authority of Ireland14 April 1997
Enterprise Ireland1998
InterTrade Ireland13 December 1999
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)Established as Sub Board of Forfás in 2000. In 2003, SFI was established as separate legal entity under Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act, 2003
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA)Interim Board established in April 2001, and formally established on 03 January 2006
Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE)21 November 2001
Personal Injuries Assessment Board13 April 2004
National Consumer AgencyInterim Board established on 06 June 2005 and formally established on 01 May 2007

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