Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 534: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if additional staff have previously been temporarily employed in community welfare offices to process the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; if this will happen in 2008 [26656/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme (BSCFA) is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Applications for the allowance may be made between the beginning of June and the end of September each year. The operational arrangements for the processing of applications and the payment to qualifying individuals, is a matter for the respective community welfare division areas.