John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the agencies under the aegis of her Department. [22584/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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There are 32 agencies, excluding the Health Service Executive, established under the aegis of my Department, the details of which are as follows:

An Bord Uchtála (The Adoption Board)

An Bord Altranais (The Nursing Board)

Children's Act Advisory Board (formerly Special Residential Service Board)

Crisis Pregnancy Agency

Dental Council

Drug Treatment Centre Board

Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Health Insurance Authority

Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office

Health Research Board

Irish Blood Transfusion Board

Irish Medicines Board

Medical Council

Mental Health Commission

National Cancer Registry Board

National Council for Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery

National Council on Ageing and Older People

National Social Work Qualification Board

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Office of Tobacco Control

Opticians Board

Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland

Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC)

Women's Health Council

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)

Health and Social Care Professionals Council

National Cancer Screening Services Board

Food Safety Promotion Board (Safefood)

Office of the Ombudsman for Children

Voluntary Health Insurance Board (VHI)

The functions of the National Social Work Qualifications Board are being subsumed into the National Health and Social Care Professionals Council. The functions of the Post Graduate Medical and Dental Board are being subsumed into the Medical Council and the Health Service Executive. The functions of the National Council for Ageing and Older People are being subsumed into the Office for Ageing and Older People.