Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2013
814. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of the bodies, other than statutory bodies, that were fully funded by his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1909/13]
View answer818. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of the bodies, other than statutory bodies, that were partially funded by his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2040/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 814 and 818 together.
I wish to refer the Deputy to pages 94-101 of the 2012 Revised Estimates for Public Services which can be accessed via the following link http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/REV-2012-Final.pdf .
A number of non-statutory bodies, which are under the remit of my Department, received direct funding from Vote 24 during 2012, for example, the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, the Forensic Science Laboratory, the Parole Board, the Probation Service and the State Pathology Service.
Depending on the definition applied, our records indicate that the number of "other than statutory" bodies which might come within the ambit of the Deputy's Questions could run to thousands. Given the potential number of bodies and the detail requested a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources would be required in order to attempt to provide the Deputy with such information. If the Deputy has in mind a specific group of bodies I would be happy to examine any request for information in respect of those bodies.
