Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding allocated for MABS, the number of persons who sought advice, and the number who received financial assistance in respect of each year since 2002 to date in 2007. [13809/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) provides assistance to people who are overindebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems.

In 2006, €16.4 million was provided to fund the service and in 2007 I have further increased the annual allocation to €17.67 million to assist the MABS in dealing with its workload.

In 2006, MABS provided services to some 12,600 new clients. The number of active cases at the end of the year was 14,600. Some 3,100 new clients have approached the service in 2007 to date.

Details of funding allocated to MABS in each year since 2002 is set out in the following table. Information in relation to the numbers of clients of the service for those years is not available.