Does anyone know what government department the NSAI belongs to? I know it's an independent body, but it gets its funding from somewhere.
Hi,
The NSAI has its own legislation (the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996); the responsible minister (and the person who appoints the Board) is Enterprise, Trade & Employment (DETE).
For what it's worth, the NSAI is capable of being FOIed in its own right (not all public bodies are) which might be of some use. In addition, DETE has a desk that acts as the go-between for NSAI/Department relations (http://www.entemp.ie/enterprise/standards/work.htm) which can be a) contacted and b) FOIed.
Within the Estimates, it gets its own allocation (€8m last year!) in the list of DETE agencies (classed with bodies like Forfás, Enterprise Ireland etc).
Daithí