Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 564: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of board members sitting on the boards of each State agency under his Department's control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39231/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the number of board members sitting on the boards of bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group is set out in the table below.

The Deputy may wish to note that there are currently two vacancies on the board of the Equality Authority and four vacancies on the board of the Family Support Agency. There is also one vacancy on the board of Foras na Gaeilge and one vacancy on the Dormant Accounts Board.

For completeness, the Deputy should be aware that certain bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group - Waterways Ireland, the Equality Tribunal and the Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga - do not have boards.

Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 565: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the annual budget of each State agency under his Department's control in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39245/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Funding provided to the agencies from my Department's Vote Group is shown annually in the Revised Estimates and in the Appropriation Accounts, each of which are available in the Dáil Library and on the internet at www.finance.gov.ie and www.audgen.gov.ie respectively.

The table below shows the funding provided by my Department to the relevant agencies in each of the years 2006 to 2010. Figures from 2006 to 2009 are taken from the outturns shown in the Appropriation Accounts. In the case of 2010, the figures used are the allocations shown in the Further Revised Estimates (FRE).

The Deputy will be aware that, in the context of the transfer of functions announced earlier this year, several agencies transferred to my Department with effect from 1 May 2010 and 1 June 2010. The table below shows the position with regard to funding provided by my Department to the agencies from the FRE.

* Transferred to Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs with effect from 1st June 2010 from Department of Justice and Law Reform.

** Transferred to Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs with effect from 1st May 2010 from Department of Social Protection.