Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Departmental Agencies
12:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff employed. [34429/08]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The National Social Services Board (NSSB) transferred to the Department of Social and Family Affairs from the Department of Health and Children in June 2000 under the Comhairle Act, 2000. Comhairle (established in June 2000) replaced the NSSB and the information service provided by the National Rehabilitation Board with a new mainstream information and support service. The Citizens Information Board which was established in February 2007 replaced Comhairle.
The Family Support Agency was established in May 2003 and the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman was established in September 2003. The following table contains the information sought regarding budgets and the number of staff employed.
| Name of Board/Authority/Agency | Number of Staff for Each year | Budget for Each year |
| National Social Service Board (NSSB) | 1997: 27 | 1997: £4,215,530 |
| 1998: 31 | 1998: £4,339,329 | |
| 1999: 30.5 | 1999: £5,555,104 | |
| 2000: 29.1* | 2000: £3,578,122* | |
| 2000: 91† | 2000: £4,763,940† | |
| 2001: 91 | 2001: £11,645,819 | |
| Comhairle | 2002: 91 | 2002: €15,317,952 |
| 2003: 93 | 2003: €17,011,000 | |
| 2004: 92.6 | 2004: €17,826,000 | |
| 2005: 91.6 | 2005: €20,917,000 | |
| 2006: 91.6 | 2006: €24,362,000 | |
| 2007: 91.6 | 2007: €28,422,000 | |
| Citizens Information Board | #2008: 91.6 | 2008: €30,954,000 |
| Family Support Agency | 2003: 32.80 | 2003: €17,280,000 |
| 2004: 35.10 | 2004: €20,185,000 | |
| 2005: 34.10 | 2005: €24,460,000 | |
| 2006: 38.70 | 2006: €28,025,000 | |
| 2007: 42.49 | 2007: €35,339,000 | |
| #2008: 41.66 | 2008: €36,480,000 | |
| Office of the Pensions Ombudsman | 2003: 6 | 2003: €342,000 |
| 2004: 8 | 2004: €510,000 | |
| 2005: 8 | 2005: €635,000 | |
| 2006: 8 | 2006: €794,000 | |
| 2007: 10 | 2007: €838,000 | |
| #2008: 10 | 2008: €1,020,000 | |
| *To June 2000. †From June 2000. | ||
| #Full time equivalent to end September. |
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