Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [29422/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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While some agencies under the aegis of the Department perform a regulatory function as part of the suite of services they provide , specific information on related resource implications is not available in my Department.

Under the Department’s agency rationalisation programme 21 agencies have been reduced to 10 through a series of measures. The operations of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) will be wound up by the end of 2013 and the Environmental Protection Agency and the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland will merge by mid-2014.

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [29813/13]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [29826/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 355 and 356 together.

The State Agencies under the aegis of my Department are as follows:

- An Bord Pleanála

- Dublin Docklands Development Authority

- Environmental Protection Agency

- Housing Finance Agency

- Irish Water Safety

- Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency

- Local Government Management Agency

- Private Residential Tenancies Board

- Radiological Protection Institute Ireland

- Western Development Commission

Pobal is a not-for-profit company with charitable status, which manages programmes on behalf of the Irish Government and the EU.

Under the Department's agency rationalisation programme which saw 21 agencies reduced to 10, the Local Government Management Services Board and the Local Government Computer Services Board have merged with the establishment of the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) on 1 August 2012. The LGMA has also taken on the residual functions from An Chomhairle Leabharlanna, which was dissolved in November 2012.

The Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency was formally established on 1 August 2012 under the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (Establishment) Order 2012. It rationalises the functions of the National Building Agency (NBA), the Affordable Homes Partnership (AHP) and the Centre for Housing Research (CHR). The AHP and the CHR have been closed down and the NBA ceased operating in June 2011.