Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the provision of Citizens' Information Services in County Wicklow; if her attention has been drawn to the lack of staff and offices open across the county due to changes in the structure of the services; the interventions that she has made in relation to recent changes and the reduction in services as a result;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39500/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Citizens Information Board (CIB) is the statutory body with responsibility for the Citizens Information Service (CIS).  CIB receives an annual funding allocation from the Department of Social Protection and it, in turn, provides funding to eight CIS companies that operate a national network of Citizens Information Centres. 

Each CIS is a limited company overseen by a board of directors and makes decisions independently on the delivery of services in their regions.  Decisions regarding the delivery of services in Wicklow are a matter for the Board of the South Leinster CIS.