Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 500: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of bodies and agencies under her aegis; and her proposals for the rationalisation of same. [8201/10]

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. On 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 proposals for the rationalisation of any of the Boards/Agencies under the aegis of the Department at present.