Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agencies quangos or other bodies within, funded by, or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1016/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Four bodies, National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery, National Social Workers Qualifications Board, Children Acts Advisory Board and the Drug Treatment Centre Board have been dissolved since March 2011.

The extent of savings varied between organisations and the majority of staff were redeployed to other public service bodies. Efficiencies resulted from economies of scale and the elimination of duplication in areas such as recruitment, procurement, payroll and ICT systems. Savings also arose from the dissolution of Agency boards, some of which attracted payment of travel and subsistence and/or board fees.