Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42703/14]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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140. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by his Department and those under his aegis. [42716/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together.

I presume the Deputy is enquiring about the use of agency staff to meet a short-term service need or where some flexibility in staffing a service is required. In that regard, I can confirm that my Department does not presently engage such services.

The information requested in respect of the agencies under my aegis is not normally held in my Department and I have asked my officials to arrange for the Child and Family Agency, The Adoption Authority of Ireland, The Ombudsman for Children's Office and the Children Detention Schools to supply this information directly to the Deputy.