Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 April 2011
77 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers who will be employed by his proposed child welfare and protection agency; and the total number of staff that will be employed by this body. [7554/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Government is committed to fundamental reform of the delivery of child protection services and in this context a new agency with dedicated responsibility for this service is to be established.
Preliminary work has commenced on a range of matters relating to the establishment of the new agency including consideration of the various functions to be discharged, the legal framework necessary to underpin the establishment of the agency and the associated governance and staffing arrangements. Minister Fitzgerald will make a further announcement in this regard at an early date.
