Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 314: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36735/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department currently has 13 State Agencies supporting us in our work. These are:

1. Enterprise Ireland (www.enterprise-ireland.com )

2. IDA Ireland (www.idaireland.com )

3. Science Foundation Ireland (www.sfi.ie )

4. Shannon Development (www.shannondevelopment.ie )

5. County & City Enterprise Boards (35) (www.enterpriseboards.ie )

6. National Standards Authority of Ireland (www.nsai.ie )

7. InterTradeIreland (the North / South Business Development Body) (www.intertradeireland.com )

8. Forfás (www.forfas.ie )

9. National Consumer Agency (www.nca.ie )

10. The Competition Authority (www.tca.ie )

11. Irish Auditing and Accounting Standards Authority (www.iaasa.ie )

12. Personal Injuries Assessment Board (www.injuriesboard.ie ), and

13. The Health & Safety Authority (www.hsa.ie ).

The annual cost for each Agency in 2012 is set out in the Revised Estimates Volume, which can be found on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at: http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Rev-20121.pdf .