Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change)
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408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to parliamentary question Nos. 614 of 5 July, 617 of 12 July, 1212 and 1259 of 26 July 2022, if she will provide an update on the status of the Navan Road social welfare office. [58925/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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While the building on the Navan Road was closed for significant maintenance and upgrade work in April 2022, the Office of Public Works (OPW), which owns the building, advised that an urgent situation had arisen where there is a requirement to source emergency accommodation for critical units of An Garda Síochána (AGS) in North Dublin at short notice. This requirement necessitated the sourcing of a building that was immediately available and could meet the operational requirements of AGS.

Given the urgency of the situation, the property on the Navan Road was identified by OPW as the only one that would meet the State’s immediate requirement in the short/medium term and it was assigned to AGS with effect from 18 November.

Since the closure in April 2022 the staff have been reassigned to Parnell Street Intreo Centre and people living in the Dublin 7 area who need to attend an Intreo Centre have been visiting the Parnell Street Intreo Centre. There is also a freephone telephone number and the dedicated email addresses for Navan Road services relating to jobseeker’s payments, one-parent family payments, Public Services Cards, community welfare services and activation remain active.

The quickest and easiest way for a person to apply for income supports is online at mywelfare.ie.