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How many QUANGO's is there??
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25-08-2009 5:06pm#1I was reading today about Ireland in the economist, we are described as being in a depression and having the worst prospects in europe. This made me think about the cuts the governement should make,, and lets start with the Quangos..
Quango's are quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation Their are estimates that in Ireland there are between 800-1000 Quangos. Not to be confused with semi-state organisations..
They have been set up by the government, so politions dont have to take responsibility for anything.. they are mostly a complete waste of money and are full of pen pushing bureaucrats, who are grossly overpaid and vastly underworked.
My question to you is can any one name all of the irish quangos?
I googled the word authority and came up with the following.. (god knows what they actually do)
equality authority
roads safety authority
food safety authority
Irish aviation authority
National disability authority
Higher education authority
competition authority
Dublin doclands developement authority
national qualifications authority
natianal standards authority
dublin regional authority
health insurance authority
national employement rights authority0
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You forgot the one that got us into this mess - Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority. Buunch of spinless, wasters with no balls to tackle the banks until it was too late. Walk by their office on Dame St every morning - try and spit at their window when no-one's looking.0
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Dont forget the HSE...0
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FG says there is over 1,000
See: http://www.4ie.ie/irish_news.asp?id=74166
Judging by the following downloadable report link - there is: http://www.finegael.ie/news/documents/streamlining%20govt%20web.pdf
From here: http://quangoland.blogspot.com/2006/10/quango-listings-so-welcome-to-quango.html0 -
Nice work if you can get it.0
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How many Quangos ARE there?
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Simple answer is way too many.0
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equality authority
roads safety authority
food safety authority
Irish aviation authority
National disability authority
Higher education authority
competition authority
Dublin doclands developement authority
national qualifications authority
natianal standards authority
dublin regional authority
health insurance authority
national employement rights authority
Reminds me of that scene in Yes, Minister
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quangos done one thing , they grew fianna fail voters , thank you again bertie aherne0
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They're all "jobs for the boys", achieving little or nothing, costing a fecking fortune and set-up to divert attention away from the gov on any minuscule problem.
There was a post on here a while back saying they cost €13,000,000,000 a year to run.0 -
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Why can't they just get rid of them, we can't afford them . we don't need them , most of them are rewards from FF to their faithful, and let's face it, they are certainly no use to us.0
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How many QUANGO's is there??1.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sea Fisheries Protection Authority 2007
2.Arts, Sport and Tourism National Sports Campus Development Authority 2007
3.Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
4.National Oil Reserves Agency 2007
5.Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
6.TG4 2007
7.Enterprise, Trade and Employment High Level Group on Business Regulation 2007
8.Enterprise, Trade and Employment National Consumer Agency 2007
9.Enterprise, Trade and Employment National Employment Rights Authority 2007
10.Environment, Heritage and Local Government
11.Limerick Northside Regeneration Agency 2007
12.Environment, Heritage and Local Government
13.Limerick Southside Regeneration Agency 2007
14.Health and Children Children Acts Advisory Board 2007
15.Health and Children Health & Social Care Professionals Council 2007
16.Health and Children HIQA 2007
17.Health and Children National Cancer Screening Services Board 2007
18.Health and Children National Paediatric Hospital Development Board 2007
19.Transport and the Marine Railway Safety Advisory Council 2007
20.Foreign Affairs Hunger Task Force 2007
21.Arts, Sport and Tourism Abbey Theatre (Amharclann na Mainistreach) 2006
22.Arts, Sport and Tourism Crawford Gallery Cork 2006
23.Arts, Sport and Tourism Fáilte Ireland (National Tourism Development Authority) 2006
24.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
25.Dormant Accounts Board 2006
26.Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
27.Eirgrid 2006
28.Education and Sciences Education Finance Board 2006
29.Education and Sciences Grangegorman Development Agency 2006
30.Education and Sciences The Teaching Council 2006
31.Enterprise, Trade and Employment IAASA 2006
32.Health and Children Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office 2006
33.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Local Registration of Deeds and Title Rules Committee 2006
34.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Private Security Appeals Board 2006
35.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission 2006
36.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Garda Siochana Inspectorate 2006
37.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Mental Health Criminal Law Review Board 2006
38.Transport and the Marine Railway Safety Commission 2006
39.Transport and the Marine Integrated Ticketing Project Board 2006
40.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Property Registration Authority 2006
41.Arts, Sport and Tourism Culture Ireland 2005
42.Arts, Sport and Tourism National Museum of Ireland 2005
43.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
44.Pobal 2005
45.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
46.Western Development Commission 2005
47.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Small Business Forum - Implementation Group 2005
48.Environment, Heritage and Local Government
49.Affordable Homes Partnership 2005
50.Health and Children Health Service Executive 2005
51.Justice, Equality and Law Reform National Property Services Regulatory Authority 2005
52.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime 2005
53.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
54.Comhairle na Tuaithe 2004
55.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
56.Oifig Choimisinéir na d'Teangacha Oifigiúla 2004
57.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
58.Fóram na Gaeilge 2004
59.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Personal Injuries Assessment Board 2004
60.Environment, Heritage and Local Government
61.Private Residential Tenancies Board 2004
62.Health and Children National Haemophilia Council 2004
63.Health and Children National Treatment Purchase Fund 2004
64.Health and Children Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health 2004
65.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Private Security Authority 2004
66.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Independent Monitoring Commission 2004
67.Finance Credit Union Advisory Committee 2004
68.Finance Outside Appointments Board 2004
69.Finance Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal 2004
70.Finance Financial Services Ombudsman Council 2004
71.Finance Financial Services Consultative Consumer Panel 2004
72.Finance Financial Services Consultative Industry Panel 2004
73.Transport and the Marine Commission for Taxi Regulation 2004
74.Transport and the Marine Dublin Airport Authority 2004
75.Transport and the Marine Shannon Airport Authority 2004
76.Transport and the Marine Cork Airport Authority 2004
77.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
78.Regional Drugs Taskforces (10) 2003
79.Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
80.Digital Hub Development Agency 2003
81.Defence Civil Defence Board 2003
82.Education and Sciences National Council for Special Education 2003
83.Education and Sciences State Examinations Commission 2003
84.Foreign Affairs Development Education Advisory Committee 2003
85.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Remembrance Commission 2003
86.Finance Decentralisation Implementation Group 2003
87.Finance National Development Finance Agency 2003
88.Finance Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland 2003
89.Finance Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority 2003
90.Social and Family Affairs Family Support Agency 2003
91.Transport and the Marine Advisory Council to the Commission for Taxi Regulation 2003
92.Social and Family Affairs Office of the Pensions Ombudsman 2003
93.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Consumer Liaison Panel 2002
94.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council 2002
95.Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
Commission for Communications Regulation 2002
96.Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
Sustainable Energy Ireland 2002
97.Education and Sciences National Education Welfare Board 2002
98.Education and Sciences National Adult Learning Council 2002
99.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Irish Council for Bioethics 2002
100.Foreign Affairs Advisory Board for Irish Aid 2002
101.Health and Children Mental Health Commission 2002
102.Health and Children Office for Tobacco Control 2002
103.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Office of the Inspector of Prisons 2002
104.Finance Ordnance Survey Ireland 2002
105.Finance State Claims Agency Policy Committee 2002
106.Transport and the Marine The Marine Casualty Investigation Board 2002
107.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food RELAY 2001
108.Arts, Sport and Tourism Horse Racing Ireland 2001
109.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
110.National Monitoring Committee Overseeing the Operation of the Rapid Programme 2001
111.Education and Sciences Further Education and Training Awards Council 2001
112.Education and Sciences Higher Education and Training Awards Council 2001
113.Education and Sciences Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology 2001
114.Education and Sciences National Qualifications Authority of Ireland 2001
115.Education and Sciences National Youth Work Advisory Council 2001
116.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Competition Law Review Group 2001
117.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Office of the Directors Corporate Enforcement 2001
118.Taoiseach National Economic and Social Development Office 2001
119.Taoiseach National Centre for Partnership and Performance 2001
120.Taoiseach Ireland Newfoundland Partnership Board 2001
121.Taoiseach National Forum on Europe 2001
122.Health and Children Crisis Pregnancy Agency 2001
123.Health and Children Dental Council 2001
124.Health and Children Health Insurance Authority 2001
125.Health and Children National Children's Advisory Council 2001
126.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Parole Board 2001
127.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Midlands Prison Visiting Committee 2001
128.Finance Committee for Performance Awards 2001
129.Finance National Pensions Reserve Commission 2001
130.Transport and the Marine Railway Procurement Agency 2001
131.Transport and the Marine Commission for Aviation Regulation 2001
132.Arts, Sport and Tourism Tourism Ireland (North/South Body) 2000
133.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
134.National Advisory Committee on Drugs 2000
135.Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
136.National Salmon Commission 2000
137.Education and Sciences Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences 2000
138.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Advisory Science Council 2000
139.Enterprise, Trade and Employment National Framework Committee for Work/Life
Balance
2000
140.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Science Foundation Ireland 2000
141.Health and Children Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council 2000
142.Health and Children Food Safety Consultative Council 2000
143.Health and Children Scientific Committee of the Food Safety Authority 2000
144.Justice, Equality and Law Reform National Disability Authority 2000
145.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Internet Advisory Board 2000
146.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner 2000
147.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Refugee Appeals Tribunal 2000
148.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Cloverhill Prison Visiting Committee 2000
149.Finance Public Services Benchmarking Body 2000
150.Social and Family Affairs Citizens Information Board 2000
151.Arts, Sport and Tourism Irish Sports Council 1999
152.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Bord o Ulstér-Scotch 1999
153.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs
Foras na Gaeilge 1999
154.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs
Waterways Ireland 1999
155.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Commission for Energy Regulation 1999
156.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Mining Board 1999
157.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission 1999
158.Education and Sciences Integrated Ireland Language and Training Ltd 1999
159.Enterprise, Trade and Employment InterTrade Ireland 1999
160.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Skillsnet Limited 1999
161.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Comhar Sustainable Development Council 1999
162.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Irish Water Safety 1999
163.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
National Traveller Accommodation Committee 1999
164.Health and Children Food Safety Authority of Ireland 1999
165.Health and Children Food Safety Promotion Board 1999
166.Health and Children Institute of Public Health 1999
167.Health and Children National Council for the Professional Development
of Nursing and Midwifery
1999
168.Health and Children St Luke's Hospital Board 1999
169.Health and Children National Childcare Coordinating Committee 1999
170.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Equality Authority 1999
171.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Independent Monitoring Committee for Refugee
Legal Services
1999
172.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Courts Services 1999
173.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Independent Commission for the Location of
Victims Remains
1999
174.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Prisons Authority Interim Board 1999
175.Justice, Equality and Law Reform National Crime Council 1999
176.Finance Special EU Programmes Body 1999
177.Finance Civil Service Arbitration Board 1999
178.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Aquaculture Licences Appeals 1998
179.Arts, Sport and Tourism Council of National Cultural Institutions 1998
180.Education and Sciences Tipperary Institute 1998
181.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Enterprise Ireland 1998
182.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Building Regulations Advisory Body 1998
183.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board 1998
184.Finance Valuation Tribunal 1998
185.Finance Investor Compensation Company 1998
Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs
186.Local Drugs Taskforces (14) 1997
187.Defence Defence Forces Canteen Board 1997
188.Education and Sciences Léargas 1997
189.Education and Sciences Institute of Art Design and Technology, Dun
Laoghaire
1997
190.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Expert Group on Future Skills Needs 1997
191.Enterprise, Trade and Employment National Competitiveness Council 1997
192.Enterprise, Trade and Employment National Standards Authority of Ireland 1997
193.Foreign Affairs Fulbright Commission 1997
Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
194.Dublin Docklands Development Authority Board 1997
195.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Dublin Docklands Development Council 1997
196.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Local Government Management Services Board 1997
197.Health and Children Consultative Council on Hepatitis C 1997
198.Health and Children National Council for Aging and Older People 1997
199.Health and Children National Social Work Qualifications Board 1997
200.Health and Children Women's Health Council 1997
201.Justice, Equality and Law Reform National Consultative Committee on Racism and
Inter-Culturalism
1997
202.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Independent Commission on Decommissioning 1997
203.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Castlerea Prison Visiting Committee 1997
204.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs
205.National Drugs Strategy Team 1996
206.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Trade Mark Agents Board 1996
207.Health and Children Advisory Committee for Human Medicine 1996
208.Health and Children Advisory Committee for Veterinary Medicines 1996
209.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Judicial Appointments Advisory Board 1996
210.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Legal Aid Board 1996
211.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Equality Tribunal 1996
212.Transport and the Marine Dublin Port 1996
213.Transport and the Marine Cork Port 1996
214.Transport and the Marine Waterford Port 1996
215.Transport and the Marine Dun Laoghaire Port 1996
216.Transport and the Marine New Ross port 1996
217.Transport and the Marine Shannon Foynes Port 1996
218.Transport and the Marine Dundalk Port 1996
219.Transport and the Marine Drogheda Port 1996
220.Transport and the Marine Galway Port 1996
221.Transport and the Marine Wicklow Port 1996
222.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food National Milk Agency 1995
223.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
The Heritage Council 1995
224.Transport and the Marine Dublin Transport Office 1995
225.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food An Board Bia 1994
226.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Forfás 1994
227.Taoiseach National Statistics Board 1994
228.Transport and the Marine National Roads Authority 1994
229.Transport and the Marine Irish Aviation Authority 1994
230.Arts, Sport and Tourism Irish Genealogy Limited 1993
231.Education and Sciences Tralee IT 1993
232.Enterprise, Trade and Employment 35 City and County CEBs 1993
233.Taoiseach National Economic and Social Forum 1993
234.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Environmental Protection Agency 1993
235.Finance Civil Service Disciplinary Code Appeal Board 1993
236.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food COFORD 1992
237.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Fisheries Co-Op Societies (8) 1992
238.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Marine Institute 1992
239.Education and Sciences Dublin IT 1992
240.Education and Sciences Limerick IT 1992
241.Education and Sciences Tallaght IT 1992
242.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Patents Agents Board 1992
243.Taoiseach Irish-American Economics Advisory Board 1992
244.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland 1992
245.Finance Independent Mediator for the Civil Service 1992
246.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Labour Relations Commission 1991
247.Enterprise, Trade and Employment The Competition Authority 1991
248.Health and Children National Cancer Registry 1991
249.Social and Family Affairs The Pensions Board 1991
250.Arts, Sport and Tourism Irish Museum of Modern Art 1990
Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
251.Environmental Information Service 1990
252.Finance National Treasury Management Agency AdvisoryCommittee
1990
253.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Coillte 1989
254.Enterprise, Trade and Employment National Authority for Occupational Safety and
Health
1989
255.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Training Unit Place of Detention Visiting
Committee
1989
256.Finance Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal 1989
257.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Teagasc 1988
258.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Broadcasting Commission of Ireland 1988
259.Enterprise, Trade and Employment FÁS 1988
260.Health and Children Drug Treatment Centre Board 1988
261.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Office of the Data Protection Commissioner 1988
262.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Garda Siochana Complaints Appeal Board 1987
263.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Garda Siochana Complaints Board 1986
264.Finance An Post National Lottery Company 1986
265.Social and Family Affairs Combat Poverty Agency 1986
266.Education and Sciences The President's Award - Gaisce 1985
267.Health and Children An Bord Altranais - The Nursing Board 1985
268.Health and Children Health Research Board 1985
269.Health and Children Irish Medicines Board 1985
270.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
An Post 1984
271.Foreign Affairs Dion Advisory Committee 1984
272.Finance Top Levels Appointments Committee 1984
273.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Fire Services Council 1983
274.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
The Rent Tribunal 1983
275.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Taskforce on Special Aid for the Elderly 1982
276.Social and Family Affairs Social Welfare Tribunal 1982
277.Arts, Sport and Tourism National Concert Hall 1981
278.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Housing Finance Agency 1981
279.Finance Sealuchais Arachais Teoranta 1981
280.Arts, Sport and Tourism Bord Scannán na hÉireann 1980
281.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Central Fisheries Board 1980
282.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Eastern Regional Fisheries Board 1980
283.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
North Western Regional Fisheries Board 1980
284.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Northern Regional Fisheries Board 1980
285.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board 1980
286.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
South Regional Fisheries Board 1980
287.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
South Western Regional Fisheries Board 1980
288.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Western Regional Fisheries Board 1980
289.Education and Sciences Dublin City University 1980
290.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs
Údarás na Gaeltachta 1979
291.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Irish National Petroleum Ltd 1979
292.Health and Children Leopardstown Park Hospital Board 1979
293.Health and Children Medical Council 1978
294.Health and Children Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board 1978
295.Justice, Equality and Law Reform St Patrick's Institution Visiting Committee 1978
296.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Shelton Abbey Place of Detention Visiting
Committee
1978
297.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
An Bord Pleanála 1977
298.Health and Children Beaumont Hospital Board 1977
299.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Bord Gais Eireann 1976
300.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Broadcasting Complaints Commission 1976
301.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Arbour Hill Prison Visiting Committee 1976
302.Taoiseach Law Reform Commission 1975
303.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Local Government Computer Services Board 1975
304.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Forensic Science Laboratory 1975
305.Education and Sciences Teachers Arbitration Board 1974
306.Education and Sciences Cork IT 1974
307.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal 1974
308.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Wheatfield Prison Visiting Committee 1974
309.Justice, Equality and Law Reform State Pathologist's Office 1974
310.Taoiseach National Economic and Social Council 1973
311.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Loughan Prison Visiting Committee 1973
312.Education and Sciences Galway-Mayo IT 1972
313.Education and Sciences University of Limerick 1972
314.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Cork Prison Visiting Committee 1972
315.Education and Sciences Higher Education Authority 1971
316.Education and Sciences National College of Art and Design 1971
317.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Crafts Council of Ireland 1971
318.Health and Children St James' Hospital Board 1971
319.Education and Sciences Athlone IT 1970
320.Education and Sciences Waterford IT 1970
321.Health and Children Board of the Adelaide and Meath Hospital 1970
322.Arts, Sport and Tourism Chester Beatty Library 1969
323.Education and Sciences Advisory Council for English Language Schools 1969
324.Education and Sciences Tourism College Killybegs 1969
325.Enterprise, Trade and Employment IDA Ireland 1969
326.Finance Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public
Sector
1969
327.Defence Coiste an Asgard 1968
328.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Employment Appeals Tribunal 1968
329.Transport and the Marine Medical Bureau of Road Safety 1968
330.Transport and the Marine Aer Lingus 1966
331.Health and Children Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board 1965
332.Health and Children Dublin Dental Hospital Board 1963
333.Health and Children Poisons Council 1962
334.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Committee on Court Practice and Procedure 1962
335.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
RTÉ 1961
336.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Nitrigin Eireann Teoranta 1961
337.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
National Building Agency 1960
338.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Shannon Development 1959
339.Arts, Sport and Tourism Bord na gCon 1958
340.Health and Children Board for the Employment of the Blind 1957
341.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Animal Remedies Consultative Committee 1956
342.Health and Children Opticians Board 1956
343.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Bord Iascaigh Mhara 1952
344.Health and Children An Bord Uchtála 1952
345.Arts, Sport and Tourism Arts Council 1951
346.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
An Chomhairle Leabharlanna 1947
347.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Irish National Stud 1946
348.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs
An Coimisiún Logainmneacha 1946
349.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
Bord na Mona 1946
350.Enterprise, Trade and Employment Labour Court 1946
351.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee 1946
352.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Censorship of Publications Appeals Board 1946
353.Transport and the Marine Arklow Harbour Commissioners 1946
354.Transport and the Marine Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners 1946
355.Transport and the Marine Baltimore and Skibbereen Harbour Commissioners 1946
356.Transport and the Marine Kilrush Urban District Council 1946
357.Transport and the Marine Kinsale Harbour Commissioners 1946
358.Transport and the Marine River Moy Commissioners 1946
359.Transport and the Marine Tralee and Fenit Harbour Commissioners 1946
360.Transport and the Marine Westport Harbour Commissioners 1946
361.Transport and the Marine Wexford Harbour Commissioners 1946
362.Transport and the Marine Youghal Urban District Council 1946
363.Transport and the Marine Córas Iompair Éireann 1945
364.Education and Sciences Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1940
365.Defence The Irish Red Cross Society 1939
366.Health and Children Hospital Trust Board 1938
367.Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
Met Éireann 1936
368.Justice, Equality and Law Reform District Court Rules Committee 1936
369.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Circuit Court Rules Committee 1936
370.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Superior Court Rules Committee 1936
371.Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Veterinary Council of Ireland 1931
372.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Censorship of Publications Board 1929
373.Arts, Sport and Tourism Irish Manuscripts Commission 1928
374.Communications, Energy & Natural
Resources
ESB 1927
375.Defence Army Pensions Board 1927
376.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Office of Film Censor 1923
377.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Censorship of Films Appeal board 1923
378.Health and Children National Maternity Hospital 1903
379.Education and Sciences University College Dublin 1881
380.Arts, Sport and Tourism National Gallery of Ireland 1877
381.Health and Children Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 1875
382.Arts, Sport and Tourism National Library of Ireland 1854
383.Education and Sciences University College Cork 1845
384.Education and Sciences NUI Galway 1845
385.Education and Sciences Trinity College Dublin 1592
386.Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs
Board of the Commissioners of Charitable
387.Donations and Bequests for Ireland
388.Education and Sciences International Education Board - Ireland
389.Education and Sciences National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
390.Education and Sciences Blanchardstown IT
391.Education and Sciences Carlow IT
392.Education and Sciences Dundalk IT
393.Education and Sciences Letterkenny IT
394.Education and Sciences National University of Ireland
395.Education and Sciences Sligo IT
396.Education and Sciences NUI Maynooth
397.Health and Children Voluntary Health Insurance Board
398.Health and Children Cork University Dental School and Hospital
399.Health and Children Advisory Committee for Medical Devices
400.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Limerick Prison Visiting Committee
401.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee
402.Justice, Equality and Law Reform Portlaoise Prison Visiting Committee
403.Transport and the Marine Public Transport Partnership Forum
FG tried to list them, but about 400 is as far as they got.0 -
Still aren't rid of most of the ones they said they'd get rid of in the Budget.
Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.
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327.Defence Coiste an Asgard 1968
What? The fucking thing sank a year ago. What have they, a bunch of knobs sitting around a desk looking for photos of it?
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Has "Bord Snip" investigated these or have they like other things, been told to keep away from that area?
"O' no, we don't want you looking there!"
Seriously, think about it. Imagine the money that could be saved if half of them could be closed, cut down or amalgamated! Its crazy.
Just as crazy as still paying the head man of "Bord Snip" still 800 euro a day according to previous media reports!
Aaa well thats Ireland for you. They will get away with it again. Why?
Because... we... let... them... and... re-elect... them... - like dumb bloody sheep!0 -
That list is a load of crap, a lot of those bodies are not quangos. I work for one, and its been in existence a lot longer than this government. They are amalgamating us and other agencies into one agency next year and that will save some costs, but definitely not a quango.
To pick a few:
1. Sea Fisheries Protection Authority
104. Ordnance Survey Ireland
228. National Roads Authority
253. Coillte
281. Central Fisheries Board
None of these are quangos, they are public bodies carrying out essential work, some of them dating back to well before this government was formed.
The list also contains Departments - a whole ****ing department is hardly a quango now!
Whoever compiled this list clearly just got a list of all public bodies and lumped them in with all the new quangos to make the list seem more impressive.0 -
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Looked up the definition of "Quango"
Seems accurate to me according to the lists out there."a semi-public government-financed administrative body whose members are appointed by the government"
Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/quango
Some are needed but in a lot of cases I suspect, some really are "jobs for the boys and supporters".0 -
That list is a load of crap, a lot of those bodies are not quangos. I work for one, and its been in existence a lot longer than this government. They are amalgamating us and other agencies into one agency next year and that will save some costs, but definitely not a quango.
To pick a few:
1. Sea Fisheries Protection Authority
104. Ordnance Survey Ireland
228. National Roads Authority
253. Coillte
281. Central Fisheries Board
None of these are quangos, they are public bodies carrying out essential work, some of them dating back to well before this government was formed.
The list also contains Departments - a whole ****ing department is hardly a quango now!
Whoever compiled this list clearly just got a list of all public bodies and lumped them in with all the new quangos to make the list seem more impressive.
Agreed. The list also includes such pointless Quangos as National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Not all Quangos are bad. Not all are inherently a waste of taxpayers money. We shouldn't get hung up on the actualy number but rather their collective and individual effectiveness. Also, Merging bodies together don't automatically make them any more efficent. For example we merged all the Health Boards into one to create the HSE.
Prehaps people would care to pick out the 100 or so from that list of 400 that they would like to see abolished?0 -
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Euro_Kraut wrote: »Specifically which ones?
Let me answer that by re-mentioning a few that have been in the news earlier on this year...
Source: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/only-thing-that-this-quango-is-combating-is-the-truth-1481017.htmlIN a treble whammy of fiscal hits last week, Moody's downgraded Ireland's top notch AAA status, the latest horrific quarterly economic data came out and the public spending cuts grim reaper -- an Bord Snip Nua -- delivered its cost-axing recommendations to Government.
The Government is refusing to spill the gory details of what Snip Nua would get rid of, fuelling speculation even further as to how it used its cart blanche to recommend anything it deemed "unnecessary" for a spending chop.
Snip Nua is bound to have had a good hard look at Ireland's 1,000 quangos, or state funded public bodies.
These multiplied faster than bored lab rabbits during the boom. Some 200 leapt into being in the last three years alone -- more than one a week.
This orgy of state outsourcing means there is one quango for every 4,000 people in the country, from the Mushroom Taskforce or Beaumont Hospital Carpark Committee and the Board of Ulster Scotch to more mainstream bodies such as the Health Service Executive and the National Roads Authority.
While some serve a useful and valid purpose, others are incredibly profligate with colossal pay, expenses and consultancy bills landing on the taxpayers' tab.
The quangos' combined annual budget was €13bn in 2006, according to a Think Tank for Action on Social Change report, and it's sure to be even more now.
A saving of €200m could be made by culling the quangos, according to a Fine Gael proposal of last year, but a look at some of their splurging shows it could easily be millions more than that.
The hottest An Bord Snip Nua hearsay is that €1bn will be slashed in health spending. To Mary Harney's credit, health quangos have been culled or merged from a cluttered 57 to just 18 but there have been some new quango incarnations too.
Snip Nua might wonder how a new quango on the block, the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has almost half its €14.8m funding -- €6m -- wiped out by staff costs, according to its annual report.
One reason may be the high salaries for medical professionals among the 130 staff, with some justification, given the body's health care monitoring remit. Harder to explain is the €637,000 in "recruitment" it shelled out last year.
Just getting Hiqa started last year set the Exchequer back €2.4m in "support and establishment" costs, when there is already a fully set up Dept of Health. At €6m, less than 50 per cent of its budget is left for Hiqa to do what it was established to do. A third of that, €2m, goes to "investigations and professional fees", and the "travel and subsistence" spend is €475,000.
Snip Nua could easily argue that the Irish Greyhound Board's (IGB) €13.8m government funding could be saved if it and other sports bodies with a strong gambling element exploited lucrative betting and sponsorship income to pay for themselves.
The IGB's past record could be "how-not-to-run-a-quango" textbook material.
A €1.5m legal bill from a Supreme Court case involving Tote Advanced is just one major cost resulting from a litany of tendering mishaps, as a Comptroller and Auditor-General's (CAG) report of last year discovered.
"Perquisites enjoyed by certain staff" as the CAG put it, included free cars for two of them, compliments of a local car dealership until 2005. When the CEO discovered and nixed this carry-on his wishes were ignored and the cars were kept on by the corporate-governance-nightmare duo involved, so that IGB ended up with a tax and benefit in kind liability on them.
Surely things are less freewheeling now? Maybe, but "travel, promotion and expenses" outlay is €600,000 a year, more than double that of the Arts Council, with its much bigger remit. Latest figures show €63,000 of goods were purchased from one individual who is now a board member, prior to his being appointed, IGB's accounts said. Buying out an IGB's premises lease in Limerick resulted in paying €95,000 to a former CEO's daughter-in-law to pay her to rescind her office tenancy there.
The bill to investigate where things went wrong netted PwC €76,000.
Somebody or everybody at Udaras na Gaeltachta is earning a very nice wedge, as combined salaries for its 112 full-time staff come to €8.9m, an average of almost €80,000 a year each. The gaeltacht areas' social, cultural and economic body has 20 board members, 17 of whom are elected.
Its state investment for the year was €68m a year, plus grants of around €8m. It funds everything from airstrips to energy projects to R&D. Snip Nua could rein in Udaras's €233m allocation from the NDP for 2007-2013.
A €479,000 bad debts write-off for 2007 goes unexplained in its annual report.
The last budget already cut deep into the Arts Council's funds, and many festivals and projects will be without money as it is. However even allowing for its huge nationwide grant administration, some of its expenses seem massively high.
With 13 board members and 17 advisers, the Arts Council paid out €387,000 on "business consultants", according to its last annual report. Then there are the €229,000 "council and staff expenses". That's almost €4,000 per full-time staff member. Its advisers cost €896,000 in total for 2008, averaging over €52,000 each.
Employer, union and government collaborative body National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) describes it's role thus: "to add value to the work of its constituent bodies by creating the conditions under which synergies can be released ... the development of a shared vision for realising these goals and encouraging the constituent bodies to maximise their efforts through collaborative policy development initiatives." There's more, but you won't understand what that means either.
With the good times that were in it some might argue employers and unions could have funded their own multi-million euro collaborations.
Salary expenditure is almost half of its €5.2m state funding of €2.2m, its 2007 figures show.
NESDO's council is a cast of dozens from the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (Ibec), the government and unions -- but yet its "consultancy fee" spend is €547,000. Separate to that, a €141,000 "professional fees" figure features. There's a travel and subsistence tab of €73,000. Rather mad splurging includes €67,000 on "post and taxis" and €45,000 on "recruitment". In the age of email and the paperless office, in the as yet unaudited accounts for 2008, the annual bill for stationery is €78,000.
Inter-body scrapping, internal disputes, money squabbles -- Snip Nua might query why the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism is funding its very own untelevised reality soap opera at the Sports Council of Ireland. As the 2012 Olympics preparations get closer, the best spending use of its €55m sports money is coming into sharper focus.
Former U2 accountant Ossie Kilkenny chairs the Sports Council in a five-year non-executive appointment, with board members including Bertie's brother Maurice Ahern.
There is major disharmony between the Sports Council and the Olympic Council and Athletics Ireland, which rely on it for money. Kilkenny recently backed withholding money from Athletics Ireland last year, leading to a public dispute.
One top spending quango that Snip Nua won't be likely to touch is the National Treasury Management Agency. Chief executive Michael Somers took a pay cut in 2008. His salary was €1.1m in 2007. It's now a measly €980,000, but odds are he'll be earning it in the months to come. The salary bill of €16.3m at NTMA averages out at over €100,000 between 163 employees.
While again, some are clearly necessary, others can be eliminated and/or amalgamated without question.
As in the case of the sports bodies (2 doing the same job in one case!) there are easy savings to be made.
To quote Kevin Myres of the Indo' (Don't like the chap but to be fair to him, sometimes he does have a point):But what about Combat Poverty? This is truly the quangissimo of quangos. So what does it actually do? Hard to say. Its last annual report says that it spent just €865,120 on programmes to combat poverty. However, the salaries and expenses of its staff cost two-and-half times as much, at €2,276,065, while rent and administrative costs reached €889,499, which is around €24,000 more than it spent on so-called poverty programmes.
Okay, not looking too good so far. So, what do these "poverty programmes" actually consist of? Well, one involved an extensive survey of employees working in the public sector, and this found that 60pc of the respondents thought that their "senior management were highly committed". Good, that's really worth spending lots of public money on, combating poverty away like billy-oh.
For Combat Poverty certainly does its heroic best to combat poverty amongst the civil service. Its 35-strong workforce (remember, total salary and expenses €2.25m) includes: one director; four communications officers; six research officers; 10 project/programme officers; two financial controllers; a librarian; one research administrator; one (I imagine, pretty bored) receptionist; one "corporate services executive/PA to director" (elsewhere known as a secretary); and, in a body of people which is no larger than a Ballinamore school class, a human resources manager.
Source: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/only-thing-that-this-quango-is-combating-is-the-truth-1481017.html0 -
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Not necessarily abolishing but at least a re-assessment of value, necessity and importance in todays current climate.Euro_Kraut wrote: »Actually I was more interested in your opinion rather than the Irish Independent’s.
Are you saying you in favour of abolishing all those mentioned in that article?
I think thats only fair. Do you not?0 -
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Not necessarily abolishing but at least a re-assessment of value, necessity and importance in todays current climate.
I think thats only fair. Do you not?
I agree completely. Assessment of effectiveness should be carried out constantly regardless of economic circumstances.
But you said earlier:Biggins wrote:some are clearly necessary, others can be eliminated and/or amalgamated without question.
So what are the ones that can be eliminated/amalgamated without question?0 -
Some of these are a joke. The Mushroom Taskforce? WTF?
There could be free thrid-level education for nearly everyone in the country I'd say, if they got rid of a few of these pointless yokes.0 -
Euro_Kraut wrote: »I agree completely.
Good to hear!
So what are the ones that can be eliminated/amalgamated without question?
Well lets start with the Consumers Association of Ireland. The CAI is a pressure group that occasionally provides a helpline for consumers, however they have no statutory powers and therefore can’t actually do anything for you.
But wait... why not go instead to National Consumer Agency who are responsible for the implementation of over 60 different pieces of legislation aimed at protecting consumers. These regulations cover advertising, unfair commercial practices, consumer information rules, food and other product labelling requirements, product safety laws and rules regarding the pricing of items and the display of prices. The NCA are also responsible for overseeing the key consumer legislation which governs a lot of our day to day purchasing – the Sale of Good and Supply of Services Act – the law which gives us the “repair, replace or refund” rules of thumb.
2 doing the same job - one with teeth (be they small ones) and the other with none!
...And what about the National Property Services Regulatory Authority who is doing the same damn job as Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement!
...or may be the Financial Services Ombudsman who is doing the same jobs as the the Pensions Ombudsman...
Want me to list more or do you just wish to keep picking away...?
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Euro_Kraut wrote: »Yes. If you have the time. I think it improves the debate when we get down to the nitty gritty.
Sorry, not doing your work for you.
Go do your own research and don't be lazy.
The information is out there. Go read up yourself and stop just relying on others. :rolleyes:Some of these are a joke. The Mushroom Taskforce? WTF?
There could be free third-level education for nearly everyone in the country I'd say, if they got rid of a few of these pointless yokes.
Indeed. Madness!0
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