DEBT STAFF BOOST; ECONOMY.DEBT advice offices are to get additional staff to help deal with increasing demand for services, Mary Hanafin Mary Hanafin (Irish: Máire Ní Ainifín; born 1 June, 1959) is an Irish politician. She was last re-elected in May 24 2007, as a Fianna Fáil TD for Dún Laoghaire after which she was renominated (May 2007) Minister for Education & Science. said yesterday. The Minister for Social and Family Affairs said there will soon be 271 advisors working in 65 Money Advice and Budgeting Service locations. She added: "We are seeing many more people experiencing financial difficulties - whether they have lost their job or been put on reduced working hours or have taken a reduction in pay." In the first six months of 2009, almost 9,800 new clients were seen by Mabs staff, with a further 1,600 seeking information about budgeting and money management. The average debt owed by new clients was EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 15,100. |
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