Citizen Information Services

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Questions (66)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to citizens information centres, and to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, in each of the past five years. [42010/15]

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Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection

The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is the statutory body responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice (including money and budgeting advice service) and advocacy services on a wide range of public and social services. It delivers on its remit to provide services to the public by supporting a network of delivery partners, which includes 42 local Citizens Information Services (CIS) and 51 local Money Advice and Budgeting Services (MABS). The funding provided to CIS and MABS services for the years 2011 to 2015 inclusive was: –

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Citizens Information Services	13.7m	12.4m	12.5m	12.3m	12.3m
Money Advice and Budgeting Services	18.3m	18.3m	19.1m	18.3m	17.9m