James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will happily do that for the benefit of the Deputy. This situation has already arisen in that the interim national director for child and family services in the HSE is in an acting position in the context of the transfer of child and family services to the new child and family support agency. I have previously signalled my intention that the national director for child and family services will be a member of the directorate, pending the establishment of the new agency. Amendment No. 5a will facilitate this. In order to act up one must be an employee of the HSE.

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