Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious of the time and I will not delay the debate other than to say that I will return to this matter on Report Stage. I am concerned to ensure that we do not end up with a duplication of roles. For example, with regard to the role of the CAB, we were promised many years ago that it would not only concentrate on high level crime but that its focus would start to filter down. I am trying to imagine what 20 Garda officers being seconded to the Department - rather than social welfare officers being seconded to the CAB - would achieve that the CAB would not have achieved in the first place, which was to go after fraud and criminal activity. I have argued that there should be more social welfare inspectors. I am not opposed to the section per se, rather I am concerned that there might be a duplication of roles and I will return to this matter on Report Stage.