Written answers
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Education Welfare Service Staff
Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent)
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216. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of educational welfare officer positions nationwide that need to be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50477/19]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) has provided the table attached below identifying a number of Educational Welfare Officer Posts that are open. Tusla has advised that it continues to work towards its target of having all 98 EWO posts filled and I have secured an additional €500,000 in Budget 2019 and €400,000 in Budget 2020 to assist with TESS's work towards this goal.
Region 1 / South
| Area | Vacancy Description | Current Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tralee | Currently vacant on maternity leave | EWO due back to work in late January |
| Limerick | Currently vacant on maternity leave | EWO due back to work in April |
| Ennis | Post accepted | Post accepted EWO in recruitment – no start date |
| Region 2 - Dublin / South Leinster |
|---|
| No vacancies |
Region 3 – Dublin City
| Area | Vacancy Description | Current Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dublin 12 | Currently vacant on maternity leave | Post accepted EWO in recruitment – no start date |
| Whitehall/Coolock | Vacant post | Post accepted – EWO due to start 13/01/2020 |
| Finglas | Vacant post | Post accepted – EWO due to start 03/01/2020 |
| Finglas/Glasnevin | Vacant post | Post accepted – EWO due to start 03/01/2020 |
| Dublin North City | New post | Post accepted EWO in recruitment – no start date |
Region 4 - West
| Area | Vacancy Description | Current Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tuam | Vacant post | Post accepted – EWO due to start 06/01/2020 |
| Roscommon | Vacant post | Post accepted EWO in recruitment – no start date |
| Sligo | Vacant post – 6 month contract | Post has not been accepted by anyone on the EWO panel |
Region 5 – Dublin / North Leinster
| Area | Vacancy Description | Current Status |
|---|---|---|
| Balbriggan | Vacant post – 2 year contract | Post accepted EWO in recruitment – no start date |
| Blanchardstown | Vacant post | Post accepted EWO in recruitment – no start date |
| Drogheda | Vacant post | EWO on long-term sick leave |
Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent)
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217. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Dublin 12 has been without an educational welfare officer for the past six months; and the actions being taken to rectify the matter. [50478/19]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The Tusla Education Support Service has advised that this post is vacant due the Educational Welfare Officer being on maternity leave. The delay in replacing her arose because two other candidates accepted the post initially but then declined it some way into the recruitment process. Another candidate has now accepted the post and is in the recruitment process to fill the vacancy.
All the referrals for the Dublin 12 area were screened by the Senior Educational Welfare Officer for the area and priority cases were distributed between the SEWO and the EWOs in that team with capacity to deal with them.
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