The following table sets out the bodies and agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group, the year in they were established, and the number of employees in each body as of end-September 2012. I can advise the Deputy that no organisations or agencies of this nature have been abolished since March 2011 and none are scheduled to be abolished at this time. However, as the Deputy will be aware, the Government announced a series of rationalisation measures in the Public Service Reform Plan, which was published on 17th November 2011. A number of those measures related to certain of the bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group and these are currently being progressed.
Details of the expenditure allocations made available to the bodies in question are published each year in the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV) and the Appropriation Account. The REV also includes Agency Statements, which provide details in relation to expenditure on administration and pay in the previous year. These publications are available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at www.per.gov.ie and on the website of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General at www.audgen.gov.ie. For ease of reference, Departmental allocations at subhead level are available at the following link http://per.gov.ie/estpubexp2012.
The Deputy will appreciate that the engagement of consultants is part of the day-to-day operational responsibilities of the bodies in question. I am arranging, therefore, for the terms of the Deputy's Question to be transmitted to the heads of relevant bodies with a request that they provide this information, to the extent feasible, directly to the Deputy.
Body/Agency
|
Year established
|
Employees
|
Waterways Ireland*
|
1999
|
326
|
An Foras Teanga, comprising Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency*
|
1999
|
Foras na Gaeilge 63
Ulster-Scots Agency 15
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta
|
1980
|
84
|
An Coimisinéir Teanga
|
2004
|
5
|
Heritage Council
|
1995
|
15
|
Crawford Art Gallery
|
2006
|
13
|
Chester Beatty Library
|
1969
|
30
|
National Library of Ireland
|
1877
|
87
|
National Gallery of Ireland
|
1854
|
104
|
National Concert Hall
|
1981
|
58
|
National Museum of Ireland
|
2005
|
154
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art
|
1991
|
84
|
Arts Council
|
1951
|
45
|
Irish Film Board**
|
1980
|
13
|
* North-South Implementation Bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement.
**Established originally in 1980 but closed in 1987. Reconstituted in 1993.