Politics

Newly created and proposed State agencies

List of quangos already set up or planned, and those abolished or to be stood down

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin has an ambitious plan to merge, abolish or restructure 100 State agencies. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin has an ambitious plan to merge, abolish or restructure 100 State agencies. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Mon Apr 21 2014 - 09:46

1. Pensions Council
2. Pensions Authority
3. Pensions Regulator
4. Fiscal Advisory Council
5. Expert Advisory Body on Climate Change
6. Legal Services Authority
7. Judicial Council
8. Children's Hospital Authority 9. Irish Water
10. Human Rights and Equality Commission
11. Insolvency Service Of Ireland
12. New Era
13. Charities Regulatory Authority
14. Residential Institutions Statutory Board
15. Education Finance Board
16. Independent Commission on Credit Unions
17. Healthcare Commissioning Agency
18. National Insurance Fund
19. Programme Management Office
20. Hospital Trusts
21. Primary and Community Trusts
22. Healthcare Pricing Office
23. Patient Safety Agency
24. National Information and Pricing Office
25. Quality and Qualifications Ireland
26. Single Council of Science and Humanities
27. Consumer and Competition Authority
28. Workplace Relations Commission
29. Local Government
Management Agency
30. Child and Family Support Agency
31. Court of Criminal Appeal
32. Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency
33. New Rail and Road
Development Authority


Selection of 45 bodies and agencies abolished or for abolition:
Pensions Board; Higher Education and Training Awards Council; Irish Universities Quality Board; Forfás (incomplete); Local Government Computer Services Board; Local Government Management Service Board; Family Support Agency; City and County Enterprise Boards (incomplete); Limerick Northside Regeneration Agency; Limerick Southside Regeneration Agency; Commission on Public Services Appointments; National Council for Development of Nursing and Midwifery; Opticians Board (not completed); National Sports Campus Development (incomplete); Dublin Regional Tourism Authority; Civil Defence Board; Digital Hub Development Authority (incomplete); National Education and Welfare Board; Radiological Protection Institute (not completed); Office of Refugee Applications Commissioner (not completed); Valuation Office (not completed); Property Registration Authority (incomplete); Placenames Commission; Pensions Ombudsman (incomplete).