Written answers

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

State Bodies

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the dividend received from each semi-State company from 2006 to 2012; if he will indicate in his reply which companies have not returned a dividend in that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1913/13]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The table below shows a list of commercial state companies and the dividends from each by the year received into the Exchequer.

2006€,000
2007€,000
2008€,000
2009€,000
2010€,000
2011€,000
2012€,000
Bord Gáis
9,079
8,361
27,941
38,187
30,251
33,091
23,814
Bord na Mona
3,850
8,035
12,249
4,994
3,296
4,115
2,375
ESB
68,770
63,386
123,010
77,869
89,718
73,167
68,840
Coillte
0
0
2,600
0
0
10,000
2,000
Dublin Airport Authority
0
0
0
19,400
0
0
0
Dublin Port Co
0
4,200
5,108
5,300
5,500
16,500
10,200
Port of Cork
0
0
0
0
0
634
359
Aer Lingus1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,023
Total
81,699
83,982
170,908
145,750
128,765
137,507
111,611

1Government owns 25.4% shareholding

State companies who, for a variety of reasons, have not paid a dividend are shown on the table below.

Semi-State Companies not returning a dividend
Railway Procurement
IAA
EirGrid
RTÉ
TG4
VHI
Irish National Stud Company
Bord na gCon
Horse Racing Ireland
NORA
An Post
National Lottery
Raidió na Gaeltachta
Arramara Teoranta
CIE group (Bus Éireann, Luas, Iarnród Éireann, Bus Átha Cliath)
Harbours and Ports (Galway, Drogheda, Dun Laoghaire, Dundalk, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Waterford, Wicklow)

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