Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 374: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of bodies and agencies under his aegis; and his proposals for the rationalisation of same. [8198/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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There are no State agencies operating under the aegis of my Department.

There are currently three bodies which operate under the aegis of my Department: the Development Education Advisory Committee (DEAC); the Government Emigrant Services Advisory Committee (previously known as Díon); and the Fulbright Commission (The Board of the Ireland – United States Commission for Educational Exchange).

The DEAC and the Government Emigrant Services Advisory Committee are serviced from within my Department's budget at modest costs and the members of both Committees serve in a voluntary capacity. The Fulbright Commission operates on a statutory basis and enjoys autonomy of management and administration in accordance with the Educational Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1991.