Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Republic of Ireland in 2006 had more than 800 quangos , 482 at national and 350 at local level , with a total of 5,784 individual appointees and a combined annual budget of â 13 billion .
Simplified: Ireland in 2006 had more than 800 quangos , 482 at national and 350 at local level , with a total of 5,784 individual appointees and a combined annual budget of â 13 billion .