Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

In so far as the Minister is considering the use of outsourcing agency workers, will he confirm that agency workers are being used in peak hours for processing medical cards at the centre in Finglas? In those circumstances, is the Minister quantifying the cost of using agency workers as against direct employment by public servants? Also, in his comprehensive spending review are such costs and the extra burden on the social welfare system as a result of greater levels of unemployment and the public sector recruitment embargo factored in? Can the Minister tell us the savings that will result from this?

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