Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of regulators under the control of her Department; the function and responsibility of same; the number of staff employed, their outturn for 2008 and budget for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6502/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The twelve agencies under the aegis of my Department discharging regulatory functions can be categorised as follows: six regulators of health care professions; one regulator of health insurance; five agencies, directly funded under the aegis of my Department, whose functions include (amongst other statutory responsibilities) a regulatory role in health related matters such as standards of safety, protection and quality, education and training, medical devices and health care products.

The following table sets out the principal functions of these agencies, the number of staff employed in each of them and, in the case of these agencies which are directly funded by my Department, the final draw down of funding for 2008 and the provisional allocation for 2009.