Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3350/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the following agencies have been established under the remit of my Department since 9 March 2011:

- Property Services Regulatory Authority (established April 2012)

- Insolvency Service of Ireland (established March 2013)

In the context of the Deputy's question, State Agencies is taken to refer to statutory independent bodies, often (but not exclusively), with a Board which has a governance oversight responsibility for an organisation. In this regard I have detailed below the sixteen agencies under my remit.

- An Garda Síochána

- Courts Service

- Equality Authority and Human Rights Commission (to be merged)

- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission

- Irish Film Classification Office

- Insolvency Service of Ireland

- Legal Aid Board

- Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board

- National Disability Authority

- Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

- Office of the Inspector of Prisons

- Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner

- Private Security Authority

- Property Registration Authority (to be merged with the Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) and Valuation Office)

- Property Services Regulatory Authority

- Refugee Appeals Tribunal