84. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the caseload weighting system for Tusla is currently fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47428/26]
Topics / Child and Family Agency
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsChild and Family Agency
399 questions from 57 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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389 written, 10 oral
57
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 5 |
| March 2025 | 4 |
| April 2025 | 7 |
| May 2025 | 4 |
| June 2025 | 11 |
| July 2025 | 4 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 38 |
| October 2025 | 5 |
| November 2025 | 36 |
| December 2025 | 22 |
| January 2026 | 19 |
| February 2026 | 37 |
| March 2026 | 34 |
| April 2026 | 27 |
| May 2026 | 78 |
| June 2026 | 41 |
| July 2026 | 16 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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647. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of all recorded incidents of Tusla 'personal data breaches' for 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down for each recorded incident (details supplied). [47837/26]
796. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of special care beds available to Tusla per month in the past 24 months, per location, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45492/26]
797. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social work vacancies currently in Tusla as broken down in each role/ job title. [45493/26]
798. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to initiate a periodic critical review of Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45494/26]
807. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she is satisfied that Tusla’s National Corporate Risk Register does not contain an explicit strategic risk relating to the agency’s reliance on privately provided residential care placements; whether consideration has been given since 2020 to including such a risk on the register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
808. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any regional, area, operational, service-level or directorate risk register maintained by Tusla currently contains a risk relating to the financial, procurement, governance, safeguarding, capacity or market-dependency implications of privately provided residential care placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
809. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expenditure incurred by Tusla on privately provided residential care placements in each year from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the proportion of all residential care expenditure represented by such placements in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45837/26]
810. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has established a quantified target to reduce the proportion of children in State-funded care placed with private residential childcare providers; the baseline percentage against which progress is being measured; the target percentage to be achieved; the target year for achievement; and if she will make a statement on the m…
812. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether reliance on private residential childcare placements has been assessed as a strategic, financial, operational or governance risk by Tusla since 2020; whether this issue has been considered for inclusion on Tusla’s National Corporate Risk Register; whether any formal risk assessment has been completed; and if she will make a state…
815. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children placed by Tusla with foster families through private-for-profit foster care agencies in each of the past five years, tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45919/26]
816. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount of public money paid by Tusla to private-for-profit foster care agencies that place children with foster families in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45920/26]
817. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the name of all private-for-profit companies and agencies used by Tusla to place children with foster families during each of the past five years; the number of children placed through each company; and the amount paid to each company in each year concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45921/26]
1580. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 470 and 469 of 14 May 2026, when exactly the Revised Case Allocation Framework came into effect in each of Tusla's respective areas; the way this process was formalised and ratified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42363/26]
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]
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]