Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 291: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has begun a process of ensuring that the Health Service Executive allocates social workers to areas in which they are most needed; if so, the details of this process; and when it will be completed. [23083/09]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 10.6% rise in reports to social work departments; the number of full-time and part-time social workers employed by her Department and the Health Service Executive for each of the past ten years; and the number of social workers employed in each HSE and health board jurisdiction for each of the past ten years. [23085/09]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to address the fact that there are 900 children here who are in need of a social worker but have not been allocated one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23086/09]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 291, 293 and 294 together.

As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.