Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2016
116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis upon which, on whose authority and the process by which a person (details supplied) was assigned to work full time for the newly established Adoption Board in 1953; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27005/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy in relation to the named individual is not readily available. Nonetheless, my officials will seek to retrieve this information and to provide it to you in due course. I can confirm that she was appointed as a female Probation Officer in the Dublin Metropolitan Area following one of the first Civil Service Commission competitions for the appointment of Probation Officers.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 116 for answer on 27th September 2016, in which you requested information on the temporary assignment of a named person to the Adoption Board in 1953.
As you will recall, the information you requested could not be obtained in the time available, and I undertook to contact you again.
Unfortunately, my officials have not yet been able to retrieve the records relating to the named person. However, they will continue to seek these records and I will contact you again in relation to assignment process to the Adoption Board in this case as soon as possible.
An article which appeared in the Irish Probation Journal, Volume 11, issued in October 2014 that relates to the named person may be of interest to you.
I hope this information is of assistance.
