A Councillor brought a motion before Kerry County Council, requesting it write to the Department to urgently reinstate walk-in Community Welfare Clinics to, at least, four Kerry towns.
Councillor Charlie Farrelly proposed the motion at this week's full Council sitting.
At present, the only walk-in clinics to meet a Community Welfare Officer are in Tralee.
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Neither Castleisland, Dingle, Killarney nor Listowel offer walk-in clinics.
Councillor Farrelly believes it's disgraceful people must travel to Tralee, while the Department of Social Protection has several buildings lying idle in the county:
