Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department, funded by or established by his Department, which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18442/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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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.

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

Coaching Ireland merged into the Irish Sports Council on 1 January 2013.

A Bill for the merger of Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority and the Bill for the merger of the Railway Procurement Agency and the National Roads Authority have both completed their passage through the Oireachtas and the implementation of these mergers is progressing. 

With regard to savings associated with Agency Rationalisation, I refer the Deputy to the  report by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: A Report on the Implementation of the Agency Rationalisation Programme. The report sets out the estimated savings, which would take account of staff reductions, for each rationalisation.