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North-South Bodies
Mr. Dodds:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many meetings there were of each of the North-South Bodies in each of the last four years. [60980]
Angela E. Smith:
Four of the North/South Implementation Bodies and Tourism Ireland Limited have boards. The number of board meetings held in each of the last four years in each of the bodies is contained in the following table.
| Body | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005
|
|---|
| Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7
|
| Food Safety Promotion Board | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8
|
| The Trade and Business Development Body | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10
|
| Tourism Ireland Limited | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8
|
| The North/South Language Body(217) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| Ulster-Scots Agency | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10
|
| Foras na Gaeilge | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7
|
(217) The Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland establishing Implementation bodies done at Dublin on 8 March 1999 provided that the North/South Language Body shall have a board of 24 members. 16 members have responsibility for the functions of the Body relating to the Irish Language Agency and eight members have responsibility for the
functions of the Body relating to the Ulster-Scots Agency. The above figures reflect the numbers of meetings of the full board and, separately, of its two component parts.
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Mr. Dodds:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland who the members are of each of the North-South Bodies; and how many meetings each member has attended since they were established. [60981]
Angela E. Smith:
The information requested is as follows:
Trade and Business Development Body
| Name | Date of appointment | Number of meetings attended
|
|---|
| Martin Naughton | December 1999 | 61
|
| Barry Fitzimmons | December 1999 | 61
|
| Jackie Harrison | December 1999 | 47
|
| Feargal McCormack | December 1999 | 61
|
| Carl McCann | December 1999 | 32
|
| Inez McCormack | December 1999 | 41
|
| Mary Ainscough | December 1999 | 45
|
| Robbie Smyth | December 1999 | 55
|
| Jack Gilmour | December 2002 | 29
|
| John Fitzgerald | December 2002 | 24
|
Tourism Ireland Limited
| Name | Date of appointment | Number of meetings attended
|
|---|
| Andrew Coppel | December 2000 | 40
|
| Ann Riordan | December 2000 | 35
|
| Denis Galway | December 2000 | 41
|
| Howard Hastings | December 2000 | 38
|
| Tony Kelly | December 2000 | 38
|
| Felix Mooney | December 2000 | 37
|
| John Power | December 2000 | 39
|
| Charles Sinnott | December 2000 | 41
|
| Alan Clarke | September 2001 | 30
|
| Tom McGrath | January 2003 | 22
|
| Shaun Quinn | May 2003 | 19
|
| Patrick O'Donoghue | December 2005 | 3
|
The North/South Language Body—Foras na Gaeilge
| Name | Date of appointment | Number of meetings attended
|
|---|
| Maighre"ad U-" Mha"irt-"n | December 1999 | 48
|
| Aoda"n Mac Po"il-"n | December 1999 | 46
|
| Maolsheachlainn Caolla"i | December 1999 | 48
|
| Pa"draig Duibhir | December 1999 | 45
|
| Gordon McCoy | December 1999 | 46
|
| Treasa Ni Ailpin | December 1999 | 45
|
| Liam Corey | December 1999 | 36
|
| Brid Ui Ne"ill | December 1999 | 39
|
| Leachlain Cathain | December 1999 | 45
|
| Anne Craig | December 1999 | 40
|
| Gearo"id Mac Siacuis | December 1999 | 37
|
| Gearo"id hEara | December 2000 | 32
|
| Maire"ad Nic Sheagain | April 2002 | 28
|
| Caitr-"ona Ni Cheallaigh | December 2002 | 23
|
| Diarmuid Murchu" | December 2002 | 25
|
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The North/South Language Body—Ulster-Scots Agency
| Name | Date of appointment | Number of meetings attended
|
|---|
| Padraig de Bhal | December 1999 | 47
|
| James Devenney | December 1999 | 49
|
| Linde Lunney | December 1999 | 46
|
| Eddie O'Donnell | December 2001 | 35
|
| Bob Stoker | December 2002 | 10
|
| Alistair Simpson | December 2002 | 23
|
| Ian Adamson | September 2003 | 20
|
| Mark Thompson | June 2005 | 7
|
Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission
| Name | Date of appointment | Number of meetings attended
|
|---|
| Peter Savage | December 1999 | 34
|
| Jack Allen | December 1999 | 31
|
| Dick Blakiston-Houston | December 1999 | 27
|
| Francis Feely | December 1999 | 23
|
| Pat Griffin | December 1999 | 32
|
| Siobhan Logue | December 1999 | 26
|
| Joseph Martin | December 1999 | 33
|
| Andrew Ward | December 1999 | 32
|
| Tarlagh O'Connor | December 2002 | 19
|
| Jacqui McConville | December 2002 | 17
|
Food Safety Promotion Board
| Name | Date of appointment | Number of meetings attended
|
|---|
| Bertie Kerr | December 1999 | 45
|
| Don Anderson | December 1999 | 39
|
| Leslie Craig | December 1999 | 43
|
| Carmel Foley | December 1999 | 23
|
| Damien O'Dwyer | December 1999 | 29
|
| Anne Speed | December 1999 | 36
|
| Sean Strain | December 1999 | 26
|
| Charlie Daly | December 2002 | 16
|
| Odran Flynn | December 2002 | 24
|
| Patrick Fottrell | December 2002 | 19
|
| Patrick McColgan | December 2002 | 22
|
| Catherine Murphy | December 2002 | 22
|
Mr. Dodds:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total administrative costs were of eachof the North-South Bodies in each of the last four years. [60982]
Angela E. Smith:
The information is as follows.
Annual administration costs of each cross border body
| £
|
|---|
| Body | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005
|
|---|
| Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission | 973,974 | l,107,360 | 1,175,902 | 1,227,878
|
| Waterways Ireland | 6,450,134 | 9,638,986 | 10,436,350 | 10,459,740
|
| The Trade and Business Development Body | l,349,746 | l,530,941 | 1,631,431 | 1,548,282
|
| Special EU Programmes Body | 1,122,472 | 1,284,631 | 1,237,146 | (219)—
|
| The North/South Language Body(220) | 1,567,353 | 1,934,202 | 2,197,867 | 2,395,716
|
| The Food Safety Promotion Board | 749,000 | l,236,000 | 1,357,000 | 1,440,000
|
| Tourism Ireland Limited | 7,400,230 | 8,608,667 | 9,297,000 | 9,671,000
|
(218) The figures for 2005 are provisional as the accounts are still in preparation.
(219) The Special EU Programmes Body accounts for 2005 are not yet available.
(220) The costs quoted for the North/South Language Body for each of these years are based on unaudited accounts.
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Operating Theatres
David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many operations were conducted in each operating theatre in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; [63464]
(2) how many hours per week each operating theatre in Northern Ireland was in use in the last 12 months. [63465]
Mr. Woodward:
Information on the number of operations conducted in an operating theatre is collected centrally by hospital, and is provided in the following table.
| Number of operations carried out
|
|---|
| Hospital | 2003 | 2004 | 2005
|
|---|
| Altnagelvin area | 13,409 | 14,245 | 14,626
|
| Antrim | 5,903 | 7,135 | 7,265
|
| Ards | 2,849 | 2,556 | 2,272
|
| Belfast City | 11,711 | 11,618 | 10,593
|
| Belvoir Park NICCO | 78 | 58 | 59
|
| Causeway Hospital | 6,043 | 5,917 | 6,260
|
| Craigavon Area | 10,909 | 11,137 | 10,857
|
| Daisy Hill | 7,482 | 5,832 | 5,159
|
| Downe | 1,542 | 1,531 | 1,868
|
| Erne | 2,348 | 2,796 | 3,141
|
| Lagan Valley | 5,214 | 4,892 | 4,615
|
| Mater Infirmorum | 6,093 | 6,200 | 6,474
|
| Mid Ulster | 3,846 | 4,089 | 3,543
|
| Musgrave Park | 5,172 | 6,813 | 6,897
|
| RBHSC | 4,834 | 4,435 | 4,365
|
| Eloyal Maternity | 2,007 | 2,214 | 2,381
|
| Royal Victoria | 18,113 | 18,944 | 18,928
|
| South Tyrone | 4,577 | 3,974 | 4,066
|
| Tyrone County | 3,226 | 3,069 | 3,017
|
| Ulster | 10,444 | 10,374 | 10,187
|
| Whiteabbey | 2,164 | 1,773 | 1,807
|
| Northern Ireland total | 127,964 | 129,602 | 128,380
|
Source:
Departmental Information Return KH08
Information on the number of hours per week each operating theatre in Northern Ireland was in use is not collected centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
