1606. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla operates any internal threshold, escalation trigger, or formal review mechanism in circumstances where a child in care experiences repeated placement breakdowns or multiple placement changes within a defined period; and if they will provide details. [42684/26]
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1607. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care who experienced three or more placement changes within a twelve-month period in each year from 2020 to 2026, broken down by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42685/26]
1608. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla centrally records the number of emergency placement arrangements involving children in State care; and if they will provide the annual number of such arrangements in each year from 2020 to 2026. [42686/26]
1609. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care currently placed outside their home county or outside their Tusla service area due to placement availability issues, broken down by age category and placement type; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42687/26]
1610. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has conducted any internal audit, review, analysis, or risk assessment regarding the impact of repeated placement instability on educational attendance, mental health outcomes, behavioural presentations, or long-term permanency outcomes for children in care; if so, to provide details and findings; and if she will make a st…
1611. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla's current case management and information systems are technically capable of generating national reports on placement instability and repeated placement changes for children in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42689/26]
1612. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Department or Tusla has established any national benchmark, target, performance indicator, or acceptable threshold relating to placement stability for children in State care; and if they will provide details. [42690/26]
1613. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average number of placement changes experienced by children in State care, broken down by duration in care categories of less than one year, one to three years, three to five years, and more than five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42691/26]
1614. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether repeated placement changes for children in State care are reported through any national governance, risk management, safeguarding, or quality assurance framework within Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42692/26]
1629. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has considered establishing a national longitudinal outcomes dataset for care leavers to track housing status, homelessness, employment, education and wellbeing outcomes following the closure of aftercare supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43188/26]
1630. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any assessment has been undertaken of the long-term housing outcomes of care leavers following the cessation of aftercare supports since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43189/26]
1631. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has examined data-sharing arrangements with local authorities or homelessness services to monitor housing outcomes among former care leavers after aftercare case closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43190/26]
1632. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of young people recorded as homeless while in receipt of aftercare services in each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43191/26]
1633. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla records Emergency Care Order applications under section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991 at local, regional, service-area, court-office or other operational level, notwithstanding the absence of a national reporting mechanism; and if they will provide details of any such datasets currently maintained. [43211/26]
1634. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Emergency Care Order applications made by Tusla under section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991 in each of the past five years, broken down by service area, region and District Court district; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43212/26]
1635. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla records the outcome of individual Emergency Care Order applications under section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991, including whether applications are granted, refused, struck out, adjourned or withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43213/26]
1636. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has undertaken any review, analysis or assessment of the consistency of Emergency Care Order application outcomes across regions, service areas or District Court districts; and if they will provide details of any such review [43214/26]
1637. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has considered establishing a national reporting mechanism recording Emergency Care Order applications and outcomes under section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991; whether any business case, feasibility assessment or implementation proposal has been prepared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43216/26]
1638. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla records the duration between an Emergency Care Order application being initiated and a court determination being made; whether such information is centrally collated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43217/26]
1639. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla records the number of Emergency Care Order applications that subsequently progress to Interim Care Orders, Care Orders or Supervision Orders; whether this information is centrally analysed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43218/26]
1640. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any key performance indicators, governance metrics, audit measures or oversight arrangements are in place regarding the use of Emergency Care Orders under section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43219/26]
1641. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration will be given to publishing annual national statistics on Emergency Care Order applications and outcomes under section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43220/26]
1642. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla records the number of Emergency Care Order applications involving newborn infants, children aged under five years, children aged five to twelve years and children aged thirteen years and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43221/26]
1643. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla records the primary grounds cited in support of Emergency Care Order applications under section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991, including neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, parental incapacity, abandonment or other categories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43222/26]
1644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a target timeframe exists for completion of National Review Panel reviews into the deaths of children known to Tusla. [43229/26]