Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will facilitate the employment of life guards on beaches here by granting an exemption to the recruitment embargo for local authorities. [17686/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Following a submission from my Department, the Minister for Finance has sanctioned the hiring of temporary and seasonal positions of life-guards that are necessary to ensure that beaches can be opened, especially to help domestic tourism. A circular letter to that effect issued to all local authorities on 1 May 2009.