IvySlayer wrote: » How many Quangos ARE there?
bibbly wrote: » 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
bibbly wrote: » 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
327.Defence Coiste an Asgard 1968
"a semi-public government-financed administrative body whose members are appointed by the government"
Zzippy wrote: » 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.
Biggins wrote: » Some are needed but in a lot of cases I suspect, some really are "jobs for the boys and supporters".
Euro_Kraut wrote: » Specifically which ones?
IN 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.
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.
Biggins wrote: » Let me answer that by re-mentioning a few that have been in the news earlier on this year...
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?
Senna wrote: » FG tried to list them, but about 400 is as far as they got.
Biggins wrote: » 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?
Biggins wrote: some are clearly necessary, others can be eliminated and/or amalgamated without question.
Euro_Kraut wrote: » I agree completely.Good to hear! So what are the ones that can be eliminated/amalgamated without question?
Biggins wrote: » Want me to list more or do you just wish to keep picking away...?
Euro_Kraut wrote: » Yes. If you have the time. I think it improves the debate when we get down to the nitty gritty.
Acacia wrote: » 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.
