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v. t. e. State Agencies or Non-Commercial State Agencies in Ireland are public sector bodies of the state that have a statutory obligation to perform specific tasks on behalf of the Government of Ireland. Such agencies are considered "arm's length" bodies as they are largely isolated from the workings of central government.
A State-Sponsored Body is the name given in Ireland to a state-owned enterprise (a government-owned corporation), that is to say, a commercial business which is beneficially owned, either completely or majority, by the Irish Government. Each state-sponsored body has a sponsor Minister who acts as shareholder, either independently, or in ...
Examples of such state agencies include the Arts Council, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Health Information and Quality Authority, Higher Education Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland. In 2016 there were 12,616 employed in various Non-commercial state agencies, with the largest by employee being the Child and Family Agency with 3,554 staff. [3]
Enterprise Ireland was established by the Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act 1998, superseding two earlier bodies: Forbairt and An Bord Tráchtála. [2] [3] Forbairt was established in 1993 as part of Forfás, [4] to make industrial development grants, [2] [5] while An Bord Tráchtála was established in 1991 through the merger of the Irish Goods Council and Córas Tráchtala [2 ...
I. Inland Fisheries Ireland. Irish National Petroleum Corporation. Irish Water.
The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in the Government of Ireland (Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann), which is headed by the Taoiseach, the head of government. The government – also known as the cabinet – is composed of ministers, each of whom must be a member of the Oireachtas, which consists of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.
Child and Family Agency. Coimisiún na Gaeltachta. Commission for Communications Regulation. Commission for Public Service Appointments. Commission for Railway Regulation. Commission for Regulation of Utilities. Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. Comptroller and Auditor General (Ireland) Corporate Enforcement Authority.
IDA Ireland. IDA Ireland (Irish: An Ghníomhaireacht Forbartha Tionscail) is the agency responsible for the attraction and retention of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) into Ireland. The agency was founded in 1949 as the Industrial Development Authority and placed on a statutory footing a year later. In 1969 it became a non-commercial ...