Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 January 2014
170. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3350/14]
View answerI wish to inform the Deputy that the following agencies have been established under the remit of my Department since 9 March 2011:
- Property Services Regulatory Authority (established April 2012)
- Insolvency Service of Ireland (established March 2013)
In the context of the Deputy's question, State Agencies is taken to refer to statutory independent bodies, often (but not exclusively), with a Board which has a governance oversight responsibility for an organisation. In this regard I have detailed below the sixteen agencies under my remit.
- An Garda Síochána
- Courts Service
- Equality Authority and Human Rights Commission (to be merged)
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
- Irish Film Classification Office
- Insolvency Service of Ireland
- Legal Aid Board
- Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board
- National Disability Authority
- Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
- Office of the Inspector of Prisons
- Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner
- Private Security Authority
- Property Registration Authority (to be merged with the Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) and Valuation Office)
- Property Services Regulatory Authority
- Refugee Appeals Tribunal
