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Community Welfare Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2022

Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Questions (615)

Duncan Smith

Question:

615. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in the State; the number per area; the number who have retired within the past three years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32787/22]

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Written answers

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

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