Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I reiterate the legislation provided that an assessment shall be carried out every two months. While the legislation did not stipulate that a report be prepared, the Department prepares bimonthly EWSS utilisation papers which capture all the information the Deputy is seeking. The Minister has reviewed all of these and they are on the Department's website. All the information that was originally suggested as part of the original legislation by way of a report is out there on the Department's website and that is helpful and beneficial.

There is ongoing and active monitoring of EWSS by both the Department and officials, including the publication of the analysis, as I said, and the utilisation papers. I do not consider that a further report is required at this time.

Essentially, the Deputy is asking me to prepare a report on the information that is already on the Department's website. I am saying it is there and everybody should be able to read it without the Department having to produce a report by another name.

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