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  • 06-04-2019 12:58pm
    #1
    the culture of deference
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    How did the SEAI get to hold the position it does as a private company?

    Why is there not an actual gov dept or body running it?


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    Wheety
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    I always assumed they were a Government agency?

    https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/energy/topics/State-Energy-Bodies/seai/Pages/SEAI.aspx


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    antoinolachtnai
    Registered Users Posts: 9,773 ✭✭✭antoinolachtnai


    the culture of deference wrote: »
    How did the SEAI get to hold the position it does as a private company?

    Why is there not an actual gov dept or body running it?

    What makes you say that it is a private company? It is a body corporate established under Sustainable Energy Act 2002 with a board appointed by the Minester for Energy with consent of Minister for Finance. .


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    Gumbo
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    the culture of deference wrote: »
    How did the SEAI get to hold the position it does as a private company?

    Why is there not an actual gov dept or body running it?

    Come again?


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    the culture of deference
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    From this article

    An unpublished internal report finalised earlier this year found that the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment lacked adequate corporate control and oversight over the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

    The Department had "no formally written contract or agreement" with the SEAI, despite providing almost €70 million in annual funding to the state advisory agency, according to a copy of the report, which was obtained by RTÉ's This Week programme.

    Reacting to the report, Minister for Communications Denis Naughten told RTÉ that he was "surprised" to learn that no formal agreement had been in place between his department and the SEAI.

    Minister Naughten said he had asked for an explanation as to why no such written agreement was in place but he said he was still "awaiting answers" from his officials to explain why it had not been signed, despite a draft being under consideration for several years.

    He described the lack of a formal written contract with the agency and the department as a "huge weakness".


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    slave1
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    So it’s a State Agency and not a private company, what are you on about and what is the purpose of your post?

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    n97 mini
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    Public sector body in unaccountably shocker!


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