Written answers

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Departmental Bodies

10:00 pm

Photo of Seán SherlockSeán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under her remit; the cost of these bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46057/09]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary 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.

From 1 July 2009, the Combat Poverty Agency integrated with the former Office for Social Inclusion within the Department of Social and Family Affairs, to form the new Social Inclusion Division within the Department. The budget estimate for these bodies in 2009 is set out as follows:

Name of Agency/BoardBudget Estimate in 2009
Social Welfare Tribunal€6,000
Citizens Information Board€28.7m
Money Advice and Budgeting Service *€17.9m
Total: €46.6m
Family Support Agency€35.707m
Pensions Board **€8.74m
(incl. allocation of €500,000 from DSFA in respect of the National Pensions Awareness Campaign)
Pension's Ombudsman€974,000

* Since 13 July 2009 MABS has been integrated into the Department.

** The operations of the Pensions Board are largely financed by annual fees payable to it by occupational pension schemes and by providers of Personal Retirement Savings Accounts.

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