Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to the NSAI in each of the years 2019 to date. [62651/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The table below details the funding provided to the National Standards Authority of Ireland by my Department in each of the years 2019 to date:

Exchequer funds for the Authority for 2023 will be confirmed in the Revised Estimates which will be published shortly.

Aside from funding from the Exchequer, the Authority also funds its operation through the sale of standards and other services.

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff at the NSAI with responsibility for approval of new building technologies. [62652/22]

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings he has held with his European counterparts to discuss approval of new building technologies. [62653/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 22 and 23 together.

The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has six staff members engaged in this work.

Meetings at ministerial level with EU counterparts on building technologies are within the policy responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.