Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bodies that have been abolished or amalgamated by his Department out of the list of bodies listed in the Public Service Reform document of 17 November 2011; the savings or cost of this in 2012; the projected savings or cost of this programme in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50532/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Of the forty six bodies listed as candidates for critical review by end June 2012 in the Government’s Public Service Reform Plan published in November 2011 by the Department for Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER), three from this Department were reviewed for possible abolition or merger.

1. National Milk Agency – to consider abolishing or merging with Bord Bia;

2. Irish Marine Development Office – functions to be subsumed into the Marine Institute;

3. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) – to consider subsuming certain functions into this Department. (The marketing functions of BIM had been transferred to Bord Bia prior to the period in question).

Following the outcomes of these reviews it has been decided that the National Milk Agency will not be abolished nor merged with Bord Bia. BIM’s functions will not be subsumed into this Department and as the Irish Marine Development Office is already integrated with the Marine Institute from an administrative perspective no further action is required.