Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of Irish quasi autonomous NGO’s that his Department either created or falls under his Department’s responsibility and was in existence when he became Minister and continues to exist to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55151/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will find a list of all agencies under the remit of my Department on the Department's website . Since my appointment as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have created no agencies. However, I have merged two - Dublin Tourism with Fáilte Ireland and Dundalk Port with Dublin Port. Additionally, I have transferred 4 Harbour Authorities to Local Authorities.  A fifth harbour authority, Bantry Bay, will merge with the Port of Cork as of the 31st of December 2013.

Shannon Airport did separate from the Dublin Airport Authority on 31st December 2012 to merge with a restructured Shannon Development to form a new integrated Shannon entity in public ownership.  

Coaching Ireland has been merged into Irish Sports Council.  Plans are in train for the merger of Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority and for the merger of the Railway Procurement Agency and the National Roads Authority. The development of the legislation to give effect to these is at an advanced stage.

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of chairpersons of State boards, agencies and regulators that fall under his Department’s responsibility that were chairpersons when he became Minister and continue to be chairpersons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55167/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department's website contains full details of all Board appointments to agencies under my Department's remit.  The database includes appointments of Chairpersons together with the dates of appointment or re-appointment as the case may be. The details can be found at .