Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is intended to reopen the social welfare branch office in Dunmanway, County Cork; and if so when it will reopen. [24842/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As provided for in the Department's Modernisation Action Plan, a strategic review of front-line services has recently been commenced. The terms of reference for this review provide, inter alia, for recommendations in relation to the criteria to be used to determine the locations in which the Department should have a Local Office or Branch Office presence. The position in relation to the Branch Office in Dunmanway will be considered in the light of the outcome of this review. The Department has put measures in place to ensure continuity of service for people in the Dunmanway area and these measures are working very effectively.