There are 329 Community Welfare Officers (CWO) in my Department.
The number of CWOs by county is set out in table 1 below. Details of the number of CWOs who retired in the past three years is not readily available. The number of CWO retirements from January to June 2022 is included in table 2 below.
Table 1: Number of CWOs by county
County
|
No. of CWOs by county
|
No. of CWOs by county (full-time equivalent)
|
Carlow
|
4
|
4
|
Cavan
|
3
|
2.8
|
Clare
|
8
|
7.7
|
Cork
|
42
|
38.9
|
Donegal
|
19
|
18.5
|
Dublin
|
86
|
81.53
|
Galway
|
17
|
15.9
|
Kerry
|
18
|
15.13
|
Kildare
|
8
|
7.8
|
Kilkenny
|
5
|
4.3
|
Laois
|
5
|
4.73
|
Leitrim
|
3
|
3
|
Limerick
|
19
|
18.6
|
Longford
|
4
|
4
|
Louth
|
10
|
9.4
|
Mayo
|
12
|
10.8
|
Meath
|
4
|
4
|
Monaghan
|
3
|
2.8
|
Offaly
|
5
|
4.6
|
Roscommon
|
4
|
4
|
Sligo
|
4
|
4
|
Tipperary
|
14
|
13.3
|
Waterford
|
10
|
10
|
Westmeath
|
7
|
6.8
|
Wexford
|
8
|
8
|
Wicklow
|
7
|
6.7
|
Table 2: Number of CWOs retirements by area from January to June 2022
Area
|
No. of Retirements
|
Athlone
|
1
|
Cork
|
1
|
Dublin
|
2
|
Galway
|
1
|
Kilkenny
|
1
|
Limerick
|
2
|
Newbridge
|
3
|
Tullamore
|
2
|
Total
|
13
|