Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 28 May 2013, if he will provide details of the public tender process referred to in the reply, with details of the manner of advertising of the process; the time limits that applied; the number of enquires received; the number of tenders received; if he will further provide details of the principals involved in the successful tender and the legal status and address of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29409/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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As stated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 477 on 28 May 2013, matters in relation to the sale of premises are a day to day operational matter for the Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) subject to Public Financial Procedures. Details as regards public tendering and the transaction referred to by the Deputy are included on files held by the Board and not the Department. In this regard, I have asked IFI to contact the Deputy directly to address her queries.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the accommodation costs and the number of staff employed; the total income and expenditure in 2012 for each regulator; his plans to amalgamate some regulatory offices and to amalgamate some regulatory processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29419/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that there are 3 Regulators, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) and Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), which come under the aegis of my Department. All of the regulators have been established on a statutory basis and are independent in the exercise of their respective functions, including functions that are necessary to ensure compliance with EU directives. The 3 Regulators are required to submit their annual accounts to my Department, after they have been audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General, for laying before each House of the Oireachtas. The accounts for previous years, which are published on the Regulators' websites, , and , set out details of income and operating costs including accommodation costs and average numbers of staff employed in the period of the accounts.

The accounts for the Regulators for 2012 have not yet been received by my Department in a final form for transmission to the Oireachtas and to the wider public. The staff and functions of Regtel, the previous regulator of premium rate telephone services, were incorporated into ComReg in the previous financial year. No decision has been made to amalgamate ComReg, BAI or CER with any other entity. ComReg is in consultations with the BAI to identify opportunities for mutually beneficial costs saving opportunities.

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29810/13]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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293. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the number of new semi-State organisations under his aegis which have been established since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29823/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 292 and 293 together.

I wish to advise the Deputy that the number of Commercial State bodies and non-commercial State bodies, including regulators, currently under the aegis of my Department, is 18. Ordnance Survey Ireland is part of a merger process with the Property Registration Office and the Valuation Office and which will see it transfer in time to the Department of Justice and Equality and the Digital Hub Development Agency is being merged with Dublin City Council.

Name of Body: An Post; Bord Gáis Éireann; Bord na Móna; EirGrid; Electricity Supply Board (ESB); Raidió Teilifís Éireann; TG4; Inland Fisheries Ireland; Digital Hub Development Agency; Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission (Loughs Agency); National Oil Reserves Agency; Irish National Petroleum Corporation; Mining Board; Ordnance Survey Ireland; Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; Broadcasting Authority of Ireland; Commission for Energy Regulation; Commission for Communications Regulation.

I have not set up any State Bodies since taking office on 9 March 2011.