John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of bodies and agencies operated under the remit of her Department; the cost of each on a yearly basis; the name and number that have been abolished in the past four years; the name and number that have been amalgamated; the name of those to be abolished or amalgamated in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2748/10]

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 total expenditure for each of the Agencies/Boards under the aegis of the Department in the years 2006 to 2008 and provisional expenditure for 2009 is outlined in the following table.

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. Responsibility for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) transferred to the Citizens Information Board on 13 July 2009. There are no further plans to abolish or amalgamate any of the Boards/Agencies under the aegis of the Department at present.