Written answers
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Departmental Bodies
3:00 pm
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.
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