Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy raised a point that has to do with the employment status for school completion co-ordinators and project workers in the proposal they put forward to be brought in under ETBs. I can say absolutely that I personally as well as my officials have been exploring that with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The process of examining that is ongoing. We have had many meetings to try to move forward and certainly have taken their voice into account in that regard. We do not have an outcome yet. In respect of additional moneys, I will be in the process of identifying with Tusla the appropriate way to resource and to spend. School completion is part of that as well as the other aspects of the educational welfare service. I am very much aware of the fact that they could use additional resources in order to support their work.

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