Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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540. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the delays being experienced by applicants in getting on to the social work panel in the south east for counties Carlow, Kilkenny, south Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have applied for the Tusla recruit professionally qualified social worker social work panel have been waiting over nine months and have not received an interview date or any assurance of interview dates in respect of their applications; the reason for the delays; if there is a shortage of child protection social work staff in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34589/20]