148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if the introduction of the Intreo service is intended to dispense with the role the community welfare officer currently plays; the number of offices that have been closed since the scheme was introduced; the number she plans to close and the time frame she is working to; where the staff have been deployed to; the way emergencies are to be handled in the absence of a CWO; if consideration has been given to the additional administrative burden elsewhere within her Department where assistance in making applications assisted in avoiding incorrect or inappropriate applications; what provision has been made to cover the travel costs of those who must travel to larger population centres; the estimated saving; under what heading will savings be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51302/13]

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148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if the introduction of the Intreo service is intended to dispense with the role the community welfare officer currently plays; the number of offices that have been closed since the scheme was introduced; the number she plans to close and the time frame she is working to; where the staff have been deployed to; the way emergencies are to be handled in the absence of a CWO; if consideration has been given to the additional administrative burden elsewhere within her Department where assistance in making applications assisted in avoiding incorrect or inappropriate applications; what provision has been made to cover the travel costs of those who must travel to larger population centres; the estimated saving; under what heading will savings be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51302/13]

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