Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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666. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will list any new organisations/agencies established in her Department since 9 March 2011; the role and functions and the annual operating budget for these organisations/agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7939/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Child and Family Agency is the only organisation/agency established by my Department since its establishment in June 2011.

The Child and Family Agency, established on the first of January 2014 under the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, has statutory responsibility for services previously provided by the National Educational Welfare Board and the Family Support Agency. In addition, the Agency has responsibility for children and family services previously delivered by the HSE together with domestic and sexual violence services, certain psychological welfare services, and preschool inspection services. The coming together under one Agency of such a range of services provides a platform for the delivery of more efficient and effective services to children and families. The remit of the Agency will contribute to the achievement of its overall vision, which is seeking to bring about greater integration of services with a focus on early intervention and community engagement. The Agency has an allocated non-capital budget of over €602 million and a capital budget of over €6 million for 2014.