Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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759. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32247/14]

Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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760. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new agencies or State bodies that have been established under the aegis of his Department since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32262/14]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 759 and 760 together.

Since 2011 there have been no new agencies created; however a number have been merged or abolished.

Dundalk Port Company was merged with Dublin Port Company on 12 July 2011 , while Tralee and Fenit Harbour Commissioners transferred to the control of Kerry County Council on 1 October 2011.

In 2012 Dublin Tourism merged with its parent body Fáilte Ireland on 1 January, while both Baltimore and Skibbereen Harbour Commissioners and Kinsale Harbour Commissioners also transferred to the control of Cork County Council on 1 January 2012, along with Arklow Harbour Commissioners which transferred to the control of Wicklow County Council. Shannon Airport separated 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 merged into the Irish Sports Council on 1 January 2013.

The final Harbour Commission, Bantry Bay merged with the Port of Cork Company on 1 January 2014.

A Bill for the merger of Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority is expected to be published shortly and the Bill for the merger of the Railway Procurement Agency and the National Roads Authority is currently before the Oireachtas.