Written answers

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation

Departmental Agencies

9:00 pm

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if all non-commercial State agency employees under his Department's aegis are paid directly from the Exchequer. [30891/11]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The employees of the Personnel Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) and Shannon Development are not paid out of Exchequer funds but are paid from the own resource income of the agencies themselves. In the case of the remaining non-commercial State agencies coming under my Department's remit, the employees are paid out of Exchequer funds, subject to the following exceptions and clarifications:-

Forfás

Forfás has one fixed term contract position, located with the Discover Science & Engineering Programme, the funding for which is provided by the European Space Agency. The salary cost of three members of Forfás staff, based with the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) is met through fee income generated from accreditation activities. In addition, the partial cost of a small number of other staff, supporting the work of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, (equivalent to approx 2.5 full time equivalents) is met from the National Training Fund.

Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA):

Pursuant to section 14 of the Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003, a grant not exceeding 40% of IAASA's programme of expenditure is provided by the Exchequer. The remaining 60% is funded by a levy on each prescribed accountancy body that is subject to the supervision of IAASA. The exception to this framework is the funding for IAASA's functions under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 277 of 2007) which is provided solely by the Exchequer.

National Consumer Agency

The payroll of 20 staff on secondment to the National Consumer Agency from the Central Bank is funded by the financial services sector by means of a levy. The payroll is managed by the Central Bank on behalf of the National Consumer Agency. All other staff of the Agency are paid directly from the Exchequer.

InterTradeIreland

Two-thirds of InterTradeIreland's costs are paid from the Vote of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. One-third of the body's costs are paid by the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)

The Exchequer grant to the National Standards Authority of Ireland is solely for payroll purposes. However, the amount allocated equates to approximately 47% of the total payroll costs incurred by the organisation. The remainder is funded from own resourced income through fees charged for standards and certification services.

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