Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 25 June 2008, the number of posts, apart from the director, envisaged as part of the personal advocacy service budget that are to be provided out of the €1.8 million set aside in budget 2008; the date when sanction was sought from the Department of Finance for these posts; and the month in 2008 when she expects them to be filled. [26315/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Sanction was sought from the Department of Finance in June, 2007 for 10 posts as it is proposed to establish the Personal Advocacy Service on a phased basis. This included the post of Director of Personal Advocacy Service as well as the staffing required to allow the service to commence operation. Provision was made within the funding provided to the Citizen Information Board in 2008 to cover these posts.

In view of the lead time required to recruit and train staff it is not possible to give a definitive date as to when the service will be launched and fully operational.