James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding provided for the Money Advice and Budgeting Service for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14829/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS), under the aegis of the Citizens Information Board, provides a high quality personal service to assist people who are over-indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems, in particular those on low incomes and people living on social welfare payments. The Money Advice and Budgeting Service is made up of a network of 53 companies, which includes 51 local companies and 2 national companies MABS National Development Limited and National Traveller MABS. There are some 277 money advice staff employed across the MABS network.

In 2014, the Citizens Information Board has been allocated a budget of approximately €46.0 million of which some €18.6 million has been assigned to MABS to include the 51 local companies and the 2 national companies. Funding to MABS local companies on a county by county basis from 2011 to 2013 is set out as follows.