Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, on a Departmental basis, the State bodies that have been abolished under the Public Service Reform Plan since 2011; the bodies that are earmarked for abolition or amalgamation in the future; the bodies that are being considered under critical review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39347/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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My Department is currently monitoring the implementation of the agency rationalisation programme of the Public Service Reform Plan on a quarterly basis. The latest tables which detail this progress to end Quarter 2 2013 can be found at:

In summary, the tables show that significant progress has been made by Departments on the implementation of agreed rationalisation measures. To date, rationalisation and amalgamation measures involving 43 bodies have been fully implemented, and measures involving a further 63 bodies are at advanced legislative or administrative stages.

Further measures, involving 110 bodies, were identified under a critical review process undertaken in 2012 as part of the Public Service Reform Plan and are currently being implemented.