Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies or bodies his Department provides funding to or is administratively responsible for, and those agencies and bodies that his Department is responsible for in respect of Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter [39413/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Apart from questions relating to grants and grant-in-aid payments, I have no responsibility for answering parliamentary questions in respect of the Institute for Public Administration and the Economic and Social Research Institute, both of which receive funds from my Department's Vote. There are a number of bodies, such as the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland, the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, the National Treasury Management Agency, the National Pensions Reserve Fund and so forth for which I have responsibility to Dáil Éireann in respect of the legislation governing these bodies and in respect of appointments to the relevant boards but I do not have responsibility for replying to parliamentary questions in respect of the day to day operation of these bodies.