Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and the number which have been abolished under the remit of his Department. [30498/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows.

Established in 1997

Castlerea Prison Visiting Committee

Independent International Commission on Decommissioning

Established in 1999

Courts Service (the Courts Service Transitional Board ceased to exist on its establishment)

Equality Authority

Equality Tribunal

Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains

Independent Monitoring Committee for the Refugee Legal Service

National Crime Council

Prisons Authority Interim Board

Established in 2000

Cloverhill Prison Visiting Committee

Internet Advisory Board

National Disability Authority (replaced the National Rehabilitation Board)

Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner

Reception and Integration Interim Advisory Board (ceased operation in 2002)

Refugee Appeals Tribunal

Established in 2001

Human Rights Commission

Midlands Prison Visiting Committee

Parole Board (Sentence Review Group ceased to exist on establishment of the Board)

Established in 2002

Barr Tribunal (concluded in 2006)

Morris Tribunal

Office of the Inspector of Prisons

Established in 2003

Committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the Diversion Programme (established under s.44 of the Children Act 2001)

Remembrance Commission

Established in 2004

Independent Monitoring Commission

Internal Audit Committee

Private Security Authority

Established in 2005

Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime

Hartnett Inquiry

Irish Youth Justice Service

National Property Services Regulatory Authority — Implementation Body

Smithwick Tribunal

Established in 2006

An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission

An Garda Síochána Inspectorate

Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation

Mental Health Criminal Law Review Board

Property Registration Authority (Interim Board of Land Registry/ Registry of Deeds ceased to exist with establishment of the Authority)

Established in 2007

Commission of Investigation (Death of Gary Douch in Mountjoy Prison)

COSC — National Office for the Prevention of Domestic Sexual & Gender Based Violence

Office for Internet Safety (arrangements for activation of office underway)

Private Security Appeals Board

The Deputy may also wish to note that the last full year of operation of the Visiting Committees for the Curragh Place of Detention and the Fort Mitchell Place of Detention was 2003 while the last full year of operation in respect of the Shanganagh Castle Place of Detention was 2001.