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Each office is organised and managed by a local community-based management committee. A typical committee consists of representatives from the following: Credit Union, Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Community Welfare Service, Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Centre for the Unemployed, Citizen's Information Service, Local Authority, and a variety of Local Community Groups. The role of this committee is to ensure that the service is responding to the needs of the local community while at the same time is linked into the national structure. The committees are constituted as limited companies and many of them have attained charitable status.
These committees support and facilitate the work of the local offices at regional level. At present the country is divided into 8 regions.
The role of this committee is to formulate policy and make recommendations to the Department of Social & Family Affairs, at national level. Among the members are representatives from the Department, Regional Committees, Money Advisors, National Management Forum, Combat Poverty Agency, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, National Social Service Board, Irish League of Credit Unions etc. The National Co-ordinator is also a member of this group. The N.A.C. has established a number of working groups which look at the issues which affect the lives of users of the MABS service e.g. Issues relating to utilities such as electricity, phone, gas. Another sub-committee looks towards the needs of the local offices in the area of community education.
Among the support structures for staff is a National Executive which aims at promoting the highest professional standards among advisors and administrators. It facilitates a network among staff and works closely with other groups in the national structure such as management committees, the National Training Unit and the National Advisory Committee.
This service operates within MABS ndl. It supports both staff and management committee members in MABS throughout the country through a range of training services.
This forum is representative of the local management groups. This Forum was established during 2001 in order to have a body which is representative of management groups throughout the country. An Executive body consists of two representatives from each of the DSFA regions.
This is an independent MABS company which was established early in 2004 to support both staff and management in the Money Advice & Budgeting Service. It currently employs 5 National Development Officers. Further details MABSndl.
National Traveller MABS was established in January 2005 to support MABS services nationally on issues relating to the Traveller community. It developed from Exchange House MABS which identified lack of access to legal and affordable savings and credit as its main concern. Further details on National Traveller MABS.
