I propose to answer Questions Nos. 102 to 104, inclusive, together.
Seven entities currently exist under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affairs. They are the Agency for Personal Service Overseas, APSO; the National Committee for Development Education, NCDE; the Irish Aid Advisory Committee, IAAC; the Joint Department of Foreign Affairs-Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Standing Committee on Human Rights; the Interdepartmental Committee on Peacekeeping; Communicating Europe Group, CEG; and the Task Force on Policy regarding Emigrants.
None of these bodies has either a statutory basis or has been established in accordance with a statutory instrument and there are no proposals to alter their status.