State Bodies Abolition

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 July 2014

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Questions (345)

Seán Fleming

Question:

345. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of agencies or State bodies under the aegis of her Department that have been abolished since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32246/14]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection

The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Ombudsman (which does not have a Board) and the Social Welfare Tribunal.

None of the bodies under the aegis of the Department have been abolished since 2011. The Pensions Board was renamed the Pensions Authority on 7 March 2014.