Departmental Bodies

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 October 2011

Thursday, 20 October 2011

Questions (119)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

119 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards, or other quangos established by his Department since February 2011; the number which have been abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30592/11]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Deputy Dinny McGinley)

My Department, as currently configured, was established on 2 June 2011. I wish to advise the Deputy that no bodies of the nature referred to were established or abolished by my Department since that date.