Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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The officials may not be able to give this now. The functions in the Department are very different than they were straight after the general election. There has been much more activity in childcare, for example, for which I am thankful. The Department has had a very busy time with the mother and baby homes and then there has been the transfer of the international protection aspect from the Department of Justice. We need to get an overview of Mr. McCarthy's staffing and how that breaks down because presumably it is compartmentalised within the Department. Did the full international protection unit transfer over from Justice? Was there a requirement for additional staff that were not provided? What was the profile of that?