3 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of educational welfare officers now in place; the number expected to be in place by the end of 2004; his Department’s estimates of the minimum number of officers required for the National Educational Welfare Board to be able to carry out its statutory duties adequately on a nationwide basis; the likely timescale for reaching that number; the statutory role of the educational welfare officer under the Education (Welfare) Act, and the difference between this role and that of a home school liaison co-ordinator; if a vacuum currently exists in terms of responsibility for children who drop out of school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5217/04]

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3 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of educational welfare officers now in place; the number expected to be in place by the end of 2004; his Department’s estimates of the minimum number of officers required for the National Educational Welfare Board to be able to carry out its statutory duties adequately on a nationwide basis; the likely timescale for reaching that number; the statutory role of the educational welfare officer under the Education (Welfare) Act, and the difference between this role and that of a home school liaison co-ordinator; if a vacuum currently exists in terms of responsibility for children who drop out of school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5217/04]

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