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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

"To ask the Manager, if noting the Report on Motion No.2 at the Area Committee meeting of 26th March 2013, there has ben any updated reply from either the Office of Public Works or the office of the Minister for Social Protection, on the provision of an adequate Social Welfare Office in Lucan and, if not, if he will write again to both offices conveying the view of the Committee that Lucan residents urgently need such an office?"

REPLY:

At the Lucan ACM held on 28th May 2014 the Committee noted correspondence dated  25/04/2013  from the Department of Social Welfare stating that the Department is currently working closely with the OPW in actively exploring all options in the area including engaging with other bodies in order to provide a satisfactory solution for a Social Welfare Office in Lucan. 

Further correspondence was received from the OPW on 27/6/2013, which was emailed to the members on 27/6/2013  advising  that the Dept of Social Welfare is actively engaged in Pathways to Work Programme. A key element is the development of INTREO offices which will replace the existing social welfare offices and will provide a single point of contact. In March 2013 the Commissioners advertised for appropriate space in the national papers, but no replies were received.

In response to Question 4 at the Lucan ACM of the 24/9/2013  the following reply was issued under Planning business
"It is the understanding of this Council that the Department of Social protection is in the process of actively identifying an appropriate premises for a new Intreo office in the Lucan area. This Council will be of assistance to the Department in pursuance of this objective".