Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 11: To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies which he plans to rationalise or close within his Department; the recommendations he has made with respect to others; and the human resources policies he plans to adopt regarding redundancy payments, transfers and so on. [31461/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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In the Budget for 2008, my predecessor announced an efficiency review that required all Departments to review the scope for savings in a wide range of areas including the scope for the rationalisation of State Agencies. This was taken further last July, when I specifically asked for a further review of all State Agencies to examine whether they can share services, whether it would be appropriate to absorb some of their functions back into their parent Departments or whether some agencies should be amalgamated or abolished.

My Department is examining the bodies under its aegis and it is also working with all other Government Departments on this matter and issues, including the human resources issues mentioned by the Deputy, arising from this are being considered in the context of the Budget.