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Dáil Éireann - Volume 571 - 30 September, 2003 Written Answers. - Departmental Bodies. Dr. Cowley Dr. Cowley 226. Dr. Cowley asked the Taoiseach the details of all working groups, advisory groups, consultancies and so on, established or commissioned by his Department since January 2001; the membership of each; the date expected to report; and if it is planned that these should be published or not. [20300/03] The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern The Taoiseach: As the Deputy will appreciate, my Department is involved in a range of interdepartmental activities and initiatives, including many groups which are under the auspices of other Departments. The most significant of the working groups, advisory groups and consultancies set up in my Department since January, 2001 are detailed below: (1) The new Information Society Commission was appointed in November 2001 as an advisory body to the Government pursuant to a Government Decision. The commission has published a number of reports to date and others are in preparation. (2) The Grangegorman working group was established in May 2001. (3) The Telecommunications working group was established in September 2001. (4) The expert group on the treatment of foreign donations was established by Government in February 2001 to assist Government in its examination of the constitutional and other matters concerning the treatment of foreign donations. The expert group reported to Government in May 2001. (5) The anti-inflation group was established in April 2003. (6) The Government agreed in July 2003 that a task force, consisting of the existing council of the NCPP would provide strategic direction for the forum on the workplace of the future. (7) The high level group on regulation was established in May 2001 to co-ordinate implementation of the regulatory reform agenda. (8) The IFSC clearing house group and three working groups – funds, banking and treasury and insurance – were reconstituted in November 2002. Membership of these groups is set out in the attached schedule. (9) The pan-European pension task force was established on 11 September 2003. The task force reports to the IFSC clearing house group on a bi-monthly basis. It is not planned to publish the reports of the task force. (10) The steering group on social and equality statistics was established in April 2003 to undertake a scoping study to identify how a national framework for social and equality statistics could be developed. The report was published on 17 April 2003. (11) The revised national anti-poverty strategy, NAPS, Building an Inclusive Society, provided for the establishment of a social inclusion consultative group involving the social partners and anti-poverty experts to offer its advice and observations on the NAPS process as it develops. The group was established in May 2003. 175 176 (12) Under Sustaining Progress, a steering group representing Government and five representatives from each of the social partner pillars was established with [175] overall responsibility for management of the implementation of the agreement. The group held its first meeting in May 2003 and has met on four occasions since. The steering group will review, monitor and report on progress in the implementation and progression of the [176] wider policy framework at the quarterly plenary meetings. Details of consultancies engaged by my Department since January 2001 are set out in the table below:
Membership of new Information Society Commission
The Grangegorman working group Membership included officials from the Departments of the Taoiseach, Education and Science, Finance, Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Health and Children and the former Department of Public Enterprise. Officials from Dublin Corporation, the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Eastern Regional Health Authority were also members of the working group. The working group engaged the services of A&L Goodbody and Farrell Grant Sparks whose consultancy report was published in November 2001. This report is available on the Department of the Taoiseach website. The working group published its report, Ad hoc Interdepartmental Working Group on Development of Grangegormans Site, in March 2002. This report is available on the Department of the Taoiseach website. The Telecommunications Working Group Membership included officials from the Departments of the Taoiseach, Education and Science, Finance, Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the former Department of Public Enterprise. Forfás officials were the only outside agency who were members of this working group. The working group published its findings – CrossDepartmental Team on Infrastructure and PPPs – Telecommunications Working Group Report – in March 2002. This report is available on the Department of the Taoiseach website. Anti-inflation Group This Group was established in April 2003. 177 [177] MembershipMr. Dermot McCarthy, Secretary General, Department of the Taoiseach (Chair) Mr. Philip Kelly, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach Mr. Turlough O'Sullivan, Director General, IBEC Mr. Brian Geoghegan, Director, IBEC Mr. David Begg, General Secretary, ICTU Mr. Manus O'Riordan, Head of Research, SIPTU Mr. Donal McNally, Second Secretary General, Department of Finance Mr. Dermot Mulligan, Department of Finance 178 [178] Mr. Ronald Long, Assistant Secretary, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. ReportsThe group has finalised its report to Government which will be published shortly. Taskforce on the Forum on the Workplace of the Future The Government agreed in July, 2003, that a Task force, consisting of the existing council of the NCPP would provide strategic direction for the forum on the workplace of the future. Membership of the Council of the NCPP
Reports The inaugural session of the forum will take place in Dublin Castle on 6 and 7 October 2003 and its report is expected in autumn 2004. High Level Group on Regulation The high level group was established in May 2001 to co-ordinate implementation of the regulatory reform agenda. The current membership is:Mr. Philip Kelly, Department of the Taoiseach (Chair) Mr. Edward Donelan, Office of the Attorney General Mr. Tom Reeves, Commission for Electricity Regulation Mr. Declan Purcell, Competition Authority Ms Carmel Foley, Director of Consumer Affairs Mr. Brian Whitney, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mr. Michael Canny, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Mr. Aidan Dunning, Department of Finance Mr. Tom Mooney, Department of Health and Children Mr. Séamus Carroll, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform Ms Etain Doyle, Commission for Communication Regulation Mr. Maev Nic Lochlainn, Department of Transport Ms. Sara White, Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. Reports The high level group has overseen the completion of a number of reports, all of which are available on www.betterrregulation.ie * A Progress Report (December 2002); * “Towards Better Regulation”, a consultation document (February 2002); * “Reports on submissions received arising from public consultation on Towards Better Regulation” (December 2002). IFSC Clearing House Group Members *Denotes new member since Nov. 2002 *Mr. Brian Collins, Bank of Ireland Securities Services Mr. Michael Deasy, Central Bank Mr. Seán Dorgan, IDA Ireland Mr. Brendan Logue, IDA Ireland Mr. Paul Haran, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mr. Dermot McCarthy, Department of the Taoiseach Mr. Donal McNally, Department of Finance Mr. Peter Coyne, Dublin Docklands Development Authority *Mr. Michael Ryan, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Bank Ltd. Mr. Brian Goggin, Bank of Ireland *Mr. Denis Casey, Irish Life & Permanent plc Mr. Colm Doherty, AIB Capital Markets Ms. Muriel Hinch, Revenue Commissioners Mr. Vincent Madigan, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mr. Keith McDonald, Citibank Ms. Brigid McManus, Department of Finance Mr. Frank Mullen, Revenue Commissioners Ms. Ann Nolan, Department of Finance Mr. Eamon O'Brien, AON Insurance (Managers) Dublin Ltd. Ms. Aileen O'Donoghue, Financial Services Ireland 179 [179] *Mr. Pat Wall, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Mr. Willie Slattery, State Street. IFSC Funds Working Group*Denotes new member since Nov. 2002 Mr. Brian Bermingham, Department of Finance Mr. Gavin Caldwell, KBC Asset Management *Mr. Brian Collins, Bank of Ireland Securities Services Ms. Eimear Cowhey, Pioneer Investments *Mr. David Dillon, Dillon Eustace Mr. Paul Dobbyn, A&L Goodbody Ms. Mary Farrell, Department of Finance *Ms. Anne Fitzgerald, Irish Association of Investment Managers *Mr. Michael Jackson, Matheson Ormsby Prentice Ms. Martina Kelly, Central Bank of Ireland Mr. Sean Langdon, IDA Ireland Mr. Vincent Madigan, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Ms. Alice Mahony, Department of Finance *Mr. Damien Neylin, PricewaterhouseCoopers Mr. Sean O'Flaherty, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Ms. Maire O'Connor, Ernst & Young Mr. Gary Palmer, Dublin Funds Industry Association Mr. George Shaw, Department of the Taoiseach Mr. Willie Slattery, State Street Ms. Deirdre Somers, Irish Stock Exchange. IFSC Banking and Treasury Group Members *Denotes new member since Nov. 2002 Mr. Brian Bermingham, Department of Finance Mr. Walter Brazil, AIB Capital Markets Ms. Breda Cassidy, Central Bank of Ireland *Mr. Dermot Cahillane, DePfa Bank Europe plc Ms. Mary Farrell, Department of Finance Mr. Enda Faughnan, PricewaterhouseCoopers *Mr. John Gilsenan, Porsche Financial Management *Ms. Grainne Hennessy, Arthur Cox Ms. Muriel Hinch, Revenue Commissioners Ms. Jean Kennedy, Revenue Commissioners Ms. Alice Mahony, Department of Finance Mr. Keith McDonald, Citibank Mr. Paul McGowan, KPMG *Mr. John Moran, Managing Director Zurich Bank Ms. Aileen O'Donoghue, Financial Services Ireland Ms. Heather Putt, IDA Ireland *Mr. Liam Quirke, Matheson Ormsby Prentice Mr. Paul Reck, Deloitte Touche *Mr. Franco Schepes, Unicredito Italiano Bank (Ireland) plc *Mr. Ken Slattery, Bank of Ireland Mr. David Smyth, Ernst & Young. IFSC Insurance Group Members*Denotes new member since Nov. 2002 Mr. Brian Bermingham, Department of Finance Mr. Frank Brosnan, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mr. John Byrne, Cologne Reinsurance Mr. Ian Clancy, DIMA Mr. Brian Daly, KPMG Ms. Fiona Dunn, IDA Ireland Mr. Colm Fagan, Life Strategies Ltd. Mr. David Fagan, Irish Life International Ms. Mary Farrell, Department of Finance Mr. P.J. Henehan, Ernst & Young Mr. Eamonn Henry, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment *Mr. Michael Kemp, Irish Insurance Federation Mr. John Larkin, William Fry Solicitors Mr. Brendan Logue, IDA Ireland Ms. Alice Mahony, Department of Finance 180 [180] Mr. Eamon O'Brien, AON Insurance Managers (Dublin) Ltd. Mr. Michael O'Donnell, PricewaterhouseCoopers Ms. Aileen O'Donoghue, Financial Services Ireland Ms. Rachel Panagiodis, Hansard Europe Ltd. The Pan European Pension Task Force The pan-european pension task force was established on 11 September 2003. The task force reports to the IFSC clearing house group on a bi-monthly basis. It is not planned to publish the reports of the task force. Membership of the task force, as of 26 September 2003, is as follows: Mr. Roddy Buckley, A & L Goodbody Mr. Brian Bermingham, Department of Finance Mr. Liam Butler, Bank of Ireland Securities Services Mr. Gavin Caldwell, KBC Asset Management Mr. David Fagan, Irish Life International Mr. Jim Firn, Frank Russell Mr. Sean Langdon, IDA Ireland Ms. Anne Maher, Pensions Board Mr. Barry Mansfield, Department of the Taoiseach Mr. Brendan McCormack, Revenue Commissioners Ms. Aileen O'Donoghue, FSI Mr. Paul O'Faherty, Mercers Ms. Rachel Panagiodis, Hansard Mr. Gerry Ryan, IAPF Mr. George Shaw, Department of the Taoiseach Ms. Anne Vaughan, Department of Social and Family Affairs Mr. Pat Wall, PwC (Chair). Secretariat is provided by the Department of the Taoiseach. Membership of Steering Group on Social and Equality Statistics
181 [181] Membership of National Anti-Poverty Strategy (NAPS)
Question No. 227 answered with Question No. 221. Dáil Éireann 571 Written Answers. Departmental Bodies. Questions 20030930
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