Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41275/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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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.  On 1st January 2012 both Baltimore and Skibbereen Harbour Commissioners and Kinsale Harbour Commissioners transferred to the control of Cork County Council along with Arklow Harbour Commissioners which transferred to the control of Wicklow County Council.  The final Harbour Commission, Bantry Bay merged with the Port of Cork Company on 1 January 2014. The transfer of Dundalk Port Company to Dublin Port Company was on foot of a financial review of Dundalk Port Company while the transfers of the Harbours Commissioners were in line with the National Ports Policy 2005 which recommended the transfer of Regional harbours, operating under the Harbours Act 1946, to Local Authority control.

In 2012 Dublin Tourism merged with its parent body Fáilte Ireland on 1 January.  Shannon Airport separated from the Dublin Airport Authority on 31 December 2012 to merge with a restructured Shannon Development to form a new integrated Shannon entity in public ownership with Shannon Group being established on the 5th September 2014.

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

The National Roads Authority and the Railway Procurement Agency merged to a single entity called Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) on the 1 August 2015.

The Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority merged on 1 October 2015 to a single entity called Sport Ireland.

The Harbours Bill 2015 which is currently at committee Stage in the Dáil will facilitate the transfer of five Ports of Regional Significance to Local Authority control. 

None of these bodies is subject to a sunset clause.