asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of persons at present on the live register in Clondalkin, County Dublin.
688.
Written Answers. - Clondalkin (Dublin) Unemployed.
687.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if a new social welfare office is required for Clondalkin, County Dublin.
689.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if there are proposals to provide a new social welfare employment exchange in Clondalkin, County Dublin.
It is proposed to take Question Nos. 687, 688 and 689 together. The number of people on the live register from the Clondalkin area is 2,321.
My Department have been considering as a long term objective the provision of an employment exchange to serve the Clondalkin area of County Dublin in the context of the proposed development of a town centre in the Clondalkin-Lucan area. In the shorter term, however, the question of alternative arrangements is being actively pursued and every effort is being made to secure suitable alternative premises.
690.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the present arrangements for the payment of social welfare benefits and assistance in Clondalkin, County Dublin.
Unemployed people from Clondalkin sign the unemployed register at the local Garda station every Tuesday. The payments are computed in Werburgh Street and North Cumberland Street employment exchanges. Payment dockets are posted to the individual claimants on Thursday to enable delivery on Friday for encashment at the local post office on Friday or Saturday.