The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department are the Pensions Board, the Citizens Information Board and the Social Welfare Tribunal. In addition the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department.
The information requested in respect of these bodies is set out in the table.
Name of Statutory Body
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Annual Budget Allocation
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The Pensions Board
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The operations of the Pensions Board are largely financed by annual fees payable to it by occupational pension schemes and by providers of Personal Retirement Savings Accounts.
The budget includes a contribution by D/SP to Board’s policy work in 2000 and 2001.
The budget includes a contribution to Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA) costs in the period 2001-2007. This subvention ceased at the end of 2007.
The budget includes an allocation for National Pension Awareness Campaign (NPAC) costs from 2003 to date.
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2000: €0.067m
2001: €0.992m
2002: €0.885m
2003: €1.913m
2004: €1.928m
2005: €1.804m
2006: €2.162m
2007: €2.073m
2008: €1m
2009: €0.5m
2010: €0.5m
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Citizens Information Board (CIB)
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Comhairle (est. 12/06/00)
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*The increase in the CIB budget from €28.005m in 2009 to €45.872m in 2010 is as a result of responsibility for MABS transferring to CIB in July 2009 and the associated budget being fully included in the CIB budget, for the first time, in 2010.
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2000: €4.94m
2001: €12.795m
2002: €15.367m
2003: €17.016m
2004: €17.901m
2005: €20.997m
2006: €24.362m
Citizens Information Board (est. 21/02/07)
2007: €28.140m
2008: €29.467m
2009: €28.005m
2010: €45.872m*
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Social Welfare Tribunal
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2000: £0.006m
2001: £0.006m
2002: Nil2003: €0.008m
2004: €0.003m
2005: €0.004m
2006: €0.004m
2007: €0.002m2008: €0.006m
2009: €0.005m2010: €0.004m
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Office of the Pensions Ombudsman
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2000:
2001:
2002:
2003/2004: €0.842m
2005: €0.733m
2006: €0.653m
2007: €1.058m
2008: €0.961m
2009: €0.974m
2010: €0.986m
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