Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the offices and agencies that come under the remit of her Department. [29202/17]

Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the offices and agencies that previously came under the remit of her Department which no longer do so. [29203/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 150 together.

The following state agencies are currently under the aegis of my Department:

IDA Ireland;

Science Foundation Ireland;

National Standards Authority of Ireland;

Enterprise Ireland;

Health and Safety Authority;

Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority;

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission;

Personal Injuries Assessment Board

The following are the Offices currently in my Department:

Workplace Relations Commission;

The Labour Court;

Patents Office;

Companies Registration Office;

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement;

Following on the announcement by An Taoiseach of changes to the configuration of the Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Social Protection the process of identifying the functional areas that will transfer from my Department has begun. This is being done in accordance with the Transfer of Functions Guidelines and Best Practice Handbook published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in 2016.

When the details have been agreed in consultation with the Department of the Taoiseach, my Department, as the transferring Department, will prepare a draft Transfer of Functions Order which will be settled by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and brought to Government by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Alteration of Title Orders are prepared simultaneously but take effect after the transfer of functions.