Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards, or other quangos established by his Department since February 2011; the number which have been abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that no new agencies or bodies have been established by my Department since February 2011.

The Deputy might further wish to note that the following have been abolished since that date.

The Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) was dissolved on 31 March, 2011. This body was set up to monitor and report on paramilitary activity across Ireland and also to monitor the security normalisation measures undertaken by the British Government in Northern Ireland.

The Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) was dissolved on 31 March, 2011. This body was responsible for overseeing the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons. It was established by an agreement between the Irish and British Governments, signed on 26 August, 1997, and by legislation enacted in the two jurisdictions.

The Prisons Authority (Interim) Board was abolished as a result of a Government decision taken on 26 July, 2011. This Board was established in 1998. In line with its policy to abolish agency boards, where appropriate, and make agency managers more directly accountable to Ministers, and on foot of its commitment to more effective financial scrutiny in the Programme for National Recovery, the Government saw no case for the continued existence of this Board.