Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2068/11]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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Responsibility for the Community Welfare Service has in fact already transferred to the Department of Social Protection, with effect from 1 January 2011. All HSE staff working in this Service are now seconded to that Department and will, on completion of a 9-month secondment period, become civil servants in October 2010. However, until then, these staff remain employees of the HSE. Under Section 22 of the Health Act 2004, responsibility for the management and deployment of staff resources is a matter for the Health Service Executive. As a result, this matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.