Question from Deputy Mattie McGrath - PQ 64207-25

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality her plans to ensure that the two SLT posts which will become vacant in Clonmel CDNT due to maternity leaves which will be filled as a matter of urgency as the vacancy rate for posts in this CDNT Team will fall to over 70% vacancy; if she is aware that there are already 11 vacancies within this CDNT team out of 18 WTE; the specific action she will take to address this huge level of vacancies; the recruitment campaigns carried out for each of the vacant posts and the effort put in to filling these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.