Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation for the Citizens Information Board in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6703/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is the statutory body under the aegis of my Department, with responsibility for supporting the provision of information, advice (including money and budgeting advice) and advocacy on a wide range of public and social services.

CIB provides some services directly to the public and directly funds and supports a number of companies to provide other services, including the Citizens Information Services (CIS), the Citizens Information Phone Service (CIPS), the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS), the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) and the Sign Language Interpreting Service (SLIS).

My Department allocates an annual budget to CIB to deliver its services. This funding is reviewed annually by my Department, as part of the Government's Estimates process, to ensure that it is sufficient to meet the Existing Level of Service of CIB and its funded companies and to ensure that it is based on projected expenditure and service needs in the year ahead.

The budget allocation from my Department to CIB in 2021, 2022, and 2023 is outlined below.