Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of task forces currently operating in his Department; the membership and terms of reference; the name of each one; the estimate cost of the task force; if he will report on the progress being made by the task force; if they have made any recommendations to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3167/08]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 607: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the task forces established under the auspices of his Department in the past five years; the recommendations made by each task force; the progress being made in implementing these recommendations; if specific recommendations have been rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3182/08]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 608: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the task forces established under the auspices of his Department in the past five years; the cost of these task forces in terms of administrative support, expenses, research and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3197/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 to 608, inclusive, together.

I wish to refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 578 of 6 July, 2006. No new entities described as "task forces" have been set up by my Department since that date. The Deputy should note that the Youth Justice Task Force was established to review the youth justice system in 2004 and reported to Government in late 2005. In December 2005, the Government decided to establish the Irish Youth Justice Service as an executive office of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The Irish Youth Justice Service's remit is to improve the co-ordination and effective delivery of services in the youth justice system.