Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the State agencies under the remit of her Department which have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory instruments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42043/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The four statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department are the Pensions Board, the Citizens Information Board, the Family Support Agency and the Social Welfare Tribunal. In addition the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department. The Combat Poverty Agency has been integrated into the Office of Social Inclusion in the Department since 1 July 2009. None of the above agencies has or had the power over the past decade to sign statutory instruments.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide a list of all unnumbered statutory instruments signed by her or her predecessors over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42058/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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No unnumbered statutory instruments have been signed by me or by any of my predecessors over the past ten years.