Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 619: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the organisations or authorities operating within his Department's policy area, set up by statute or statutory instrument, for which he does not have official responsibility to Dáil Éireann. [31117/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, there are a range of statutory bodies operating my Department's broad aegis and the precise governance arrangements in each case varies according to the functions of the organisation and its legislative remit. As such, while retaining overall responsibility to Dáil Eireann, there are various circumstances where a particular organisation's independence in respect of the performance of its functions, or its capacity as a regulatory or appeals body, is such that detailed comment by me on the exercise of those functions would not be appropriate.