Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection

2:55 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I will answer the Deputy if he gives me an opportunity to do so. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has sanctioned 150 acting-up allowances for existing local authority staff to support the supervision of Gateway. That has been agreed with the trade unions and management in the county councils. I do not know if the Deputy's party colleagues are aware of that.