Child and Family Agency

878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla conducts any retrospective case review where an Emergency Care Order involving an infant is subsequently discharged, overturned, or not renewed by the courts. [37067/26]

880. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether regional variation exists in the rate of Emergency Care Orders involving children under one year of age and whether comparative analysis is conducted by Tusla. [37069/26]

917. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of play therapists currently employed by TUSLA; the number that are qualified to work with complex trauma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37368/26]

918. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the location of each play therapist currently employed by TUSLA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37369/26]

919. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason staff from therapeutic teams with TUSLA have been made redundant, at a time when such services are needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37370/26]

924. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the procedures followed by Tusla when it receives a referral concerning allegations or suspicions of child abuse involving a school employee under the Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools (2025); the thresholds applied in deciding whether such referrals meet the criteria for child protecti…

934. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review correspondence (details supplied); if she will contact TUSLA to arrange a meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37693/26]

936. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children referred to the National Placement Team in Tusla for whom a long-term residential placement has yet to be identified; and the length of time these children have been waiting. [37758/26]

937. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children placed in special emergency arrangements in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [37759/26]

938. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of money allocated to voluntary, not-for-profit residential care services in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [37760/26]

939. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the companies who were paid for providing accommodation as special emergency arrangements in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the type of accommodation each provided, that is B&B, apartment, hotel and so on, in tabular form. [37761/26]

940. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount spent on private companies who were providing accommodation as special emergency arrangements in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [37762/26]

941. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional residential beds that were to be delivered via Tusla’s plan in the voluntary residential sector; the way in which these beds were to be delivered without any funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37763/26]

943. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has visited any TUSLA offices; if not, if she plans to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37834/26]

469. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has any concerns that the new Revised Case Allocation Framework being operated by Tusla permits non-social workers to undertake assessments on children for which they are not qualified to undertake and which previously were undertaken by qualified and registered social workers; and if she will make a state…

470. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm whether the role of Domestic Violence Liaison Officers within Tusla can be undertaken by someone who is not a qualified and registered social worker. [35959/26]

471. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her Department's response to the November 2025 HIQA report on the Tusla Dublin north city area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35960/26]

474. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Tusla Board receives regular reports, dashboards, or governance updates relating to time-to-permanency for children in care, placement drift, duration under interim care orders, duration under voluntary care arrangements, placement instability, or repeat care episodes; and if she will provide details of th…

475. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether risks associated with delayed permanency outcomes, care drift, or prolonged temporary care arrangements are included within Tusla corporate risk registers, governance escalation frameworks, or internal oversight structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36035/26]

477. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla currently maintains the technical capability within its information systems to distinguish between re-referrals, formally reopened social work cases, repeat safeguarding episodes, and repeat entries into State care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36037/26]

478. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the absence of a distinct national dataset relating to formally reopened social work cases has been identified internally by her Department or Tusla as a governance, safeguarding, or performance-monitoring limitation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36038/26]

482. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla’s Audit and Risk Committee has considered risks associated with the absence of nationally standardised data on reopened child protection cases. [36073/26]

483. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any key performance indicators, governance metrics, or safeguarding indicators monitored under the Tusla Oversight Agreement relate to repeat child protection interventions, repeat emergency removals, or reopened social work cases. [36074/26]

484. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has sought legal or policy advice regarding whether reopened child protection cases should form part of a national safeguarding and outcomes dataset. [36075/26]

488. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of child deaths involving children known to Tusla were reviewed by the National Review Panel in each year since its establishment. [36116/26]