Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of citizen information offices by county; the breakdown of the population serviced by these areas; the way the location of an office is determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17777/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Citizens Information Board (CIB), is a statutory independent body as set out in the Comhairle Act 2010 which operates under the aegis of my Department. CIB provides funding to 22 companies in order to deliver services on its behalf. This includes eight regional Citizen Information Service (CIS) companies that operate a national network of Citizens Information Centres.

The aim of the eight CIS regional service delivery companies in the country is to deliver a high-quality information, advice and advocacy service to citizens in their respective geographic areas.

Citizens Information Services (CIS) were originally established through community and voluntary groups which determined the location and placement of services across the country.

The CIS Regional Companies in consultation with CIB take into account requirements such as service delivery demand to date, staffing resources available in the region, population demographic and value for money for the exchequer.

Many clients continue to access information through phone and on citizensinformation.ie and across social media platforms which will also influence service offering across the network.

The following table lists the eight regional CIS company areas broken down by county, population, and office locations which are currently operational.