Written answers

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation

Departmental Bodies

8:00 pm

Photo of Martin FerrisMartin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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Question 10: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the full international and domestic annual cost of administration including staff, property, energy and so on of the Industrial Development Authority, Enterprise Ireland, county enterprise boards and Shannon Development.. [20908/12]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are the only economic development agencies for which I have responsibility who have offices outside of the island of Ireland. Shannon Development and County Enterprise Boards have domestic offices only.

Each of these Agencies publishes an Annual Report and Accounts which outline the income and expenditure of the Agencies and give breakdowns of their various costs and expenses. This document is posted on each of the Agencies' websites and is laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. Each of the Agencies report on their finances in a slightly different fashion so it is not easy to provide an exact comparasion on an agency to agency basis.

In an effort to assist the Deputy, I have asked each of the agencies to provide me with a breakdown of their figures for 2011 and I am informed as follows:

The total administrative costs, including staffing costs, associated with the running of Enterprise Ireland in 2011 was €89.4m of which €19.8m was for the overseas offices and €69.6m for domestic offices, while, in IDA, the comparable figures were €40.1m, of which €10.5m was for the overseas offices and €29.6m for domestic costs.

The total administrative costs, including staffing costs associated with the running of Shannon Development, including its tourism arm, was €12.6m. in 2011.

The total administrative costs, including staffing costs, associated with the running of the 35 County Enterprise Boards was €11.9m in 2011.

The Agency staff whose pay is included in these figures are primarily not part of the administration cost of those agencies but are employed full time on the delivery of core programmes such as winning FDI projects, engaging with and advising client companies or promoting exports.

I will arrrange to forward to the Deputy a series of tables, one in respect of each agency, showing a breakdown of these costs into remuneration, advertising, rents, rates, service charges, travelling expenses, printing, postage, light, heating, cleaning, consultancy fees etc.

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