Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

With respect, the process of transferring more personnel into the Department of Social and Family Affairs to meet the need, has been successful with 360 employees thus far. We need more and we need them more quickly to ensure that service is available. We need to update the processes so that this happens in a more timely and expeditious way. That should be done, while respecting everyone's position, so that the people who depend on the service, not the service providers who have a job on their hands, get the it as they need it. That is the challenge for the transforming public services agenda and we are addressing it sector by sector. My colleague will furnish the full information on how to rectify the specific problem the Deputy raises as soon as possible.

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