Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currenty being planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41274/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, the Pensions Ombudsman and the Social Welfare Tribunal.

Two new statutory bodies have been established since February 2011, namely;

- the Pensions Authority, formerly the Pensions Board, which was established on 7 March 2014, and

- the Pensions Council which was established on 3 February 2015.

Neither of these agencies are subject to a sunset clause.

There are no plans to establish any new public bodies in the Department at present.