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Showing questions asked by Barry Heneghan under the heading Child and Family Agency.

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Barry Heneghan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
783. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the development of Tusla's Responsible Use Framework for artificial intelligence and automation technologies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69621/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
784. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla has established a governance structure to oversee the introduction of emerging technologies including automation and artificial intelligence and the expected timeline for this structure to become fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69622/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
785. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla has completed a risk assessment of automated processes within its case management systems to ensure that no automated decision making takes place in relation to child protection or child welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69623/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
786. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla intends to trial forms of automation to reduce administrative burden on caseworkers in a way that complies with data protection and ethical standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69624/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
787. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the progress of the new case management system and the timeline for its full deployment across all regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69625/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
788. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how Tusla ensures compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Children First Act in the design and testing of any digital transformation or artificial intelligence supported tools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69626/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
789. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional staffing or specialist resourcing has been allocated to Tusla's information and communications technology and data governance units to support responsible innovation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69627/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
790. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla has considered engagement with external providers who specialise in safe use of artificial intelligence and automation for non decision making tasks in order to support its digital transformation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69628/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Children
488. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount of funding provided by Tusla to an organisation (details supplied); to outline the oversight and safeguarding checks carried out on staff working for organisations that receive Tusla funding in order to protect vulnerable young people, to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67510/25…
Barry Heneghan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Children
673. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 26 February 2025, if she will confirm whether or not supports and services including advocacy are provided to adults aged over 26 years that were in Tusla or health board or HSE accommodation as a child, including disability residential homes; and if so, if she will prov…