Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 October 2011
239 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health 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. [30600/11]
View answerSince February 2011, one agency, the Children Acts Advisory Board, was dissolved on 8 September 2011. No agency was established in that period.
A comprehensive programme of agency rationalisation is currently underway in my Department. When the programme has been implemented the number of agencies reporting to my Department will have declined from 28 to 15. To date seven bodies have been dissolved.
