Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or indirectly, by his Department that have been abolished, merged, or reduced in scale since the formation of the Government; the amount that has been saved as a result and the number by which personnel numbers have been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29541/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that given their very nature the organisations referred to, unlike my Department's agencies, do not come under the remit of my Department. Consequently, my Department does not keep and I am unable to provide the information requested by the Deputy.