732. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of a complaint made by a parent (details supplied) following the actions of an unqualified person in Tusla in dealing with a vulnerable child; the actions that will be taken to ensure this never happens again; if she is assured of the structural changes being made by Tusla which will see non-qualified staff to undertak…
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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| 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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733. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether suggestions that the changes being made internally by Tusla in relation to staffing and structures will see non-qualified staff members undertaking social worker duties; the basis for this suggestion that is coming from professionals (details supplied); the way in which she will ensure this does not happen; and if…
749. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on a Tusla application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16873/26]
851. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a contract negotiated by TUSLA with a company (details supplied) for specialised accommodation and staffing in Wexford has not been concluded given that the process commenced in March 2025 and the CEO informed a Dail Committee that demand for such a facility had increased by 500%; if staff files submitted for review in Nov…
885. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of Tusla staffing levels in the midlands for child welfare cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14542/26]
897. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have died while either in the care of Tusla, or while on the child protection notification system, in each year since the establishment of the Child and Family Agency, including cause of death, in tabular form. [14872/26]
898. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons that were murdered or died under suspicious circumstances over the past ten years in the State that had previously engaged with Tusla or who Tusla had previously identified as at risk. [14873/26]
900. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason support services provided to foster carers by an organisation (details supplied) located in Fethard has been terminated by Tusla without any consultation with the stakeholders; if she will insist that the services be continued while all concerned are consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14964/26]
92. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding provided to each provider of special emergency arrangements in 2025; the amount of funding provided to each provider of mainstream residential care in 2025; the total amount of funding in State-owned provision of mainstream residential care in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1326…
94. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on her engagements with Tusla regarding well-being checks of closed cases; if she has received a progress report or interim report from the agency and-or the independent steering group; if she has requested a broadening of the scope of these checks; and the workforce planning conducted in respect of ensuri…
103. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the proposals her Department has to deal with the fact that Tusla has advised that 300 social workers,100 social care workers and 500 foster carers are needed now to cope with demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13212/26]
104. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of special care beds that are open currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13218/26]
525. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the providers used for special emergency arrangements in 2025; the amount given to each; and the number of times each provider has been inspected since used as a provider by Tusla for such arrangements, in tabular form. [13625/26]
526. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the TUSLA therapeutic team at a centre (details supplied) is being made redundant; if so, the reason this service is being ceased even though there are referrals for over 30 children between Wexford and Waterford who cannot be outsourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13627/26]
527. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department can ensure that funding for the TUSLA Therapeutic team at a centre (details supplied) can be made available after May 2026 considering that TUSLA is expanding access to play therapists to children in care, recognising the invaluable care provided through this service; and if she will make a statement on the …
532. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the figure of four governance or safeguarding concerns received since 2020, as referenced in correspondence to the Deputy, relates solely to concerns formally recorded by Tusla’s Alternative Care Inspection and Monitoring Service in respect of registered children’s residential centres under Part VIII of the Child Care Act 1991; a…
533. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department is formally notified when Tusla records governance or safeguarding concerns relating to privately operated residential centres; if so, the mechanism and timeframe for such notification; and what policy review, contractual oversight, or funding control measures are triggered at Departmental level following receipt o…
534. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department maintains a centralised register or consolidated database of governance, safeguarding, compliance or regulatory concerns relating to private companies delivering care services funded in whole or in part by the State; if not, whether she will establish such a register in the interests of transparency, public account…
535. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total annual Exchequer funding paid to privately operated children’s residential centres in each year since 2020; and whether she has conducted or commissioned any risk assessment examining whether the scale of private provision presents governance, safeguarding, or systemic oversight risks [13748/26]
252. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason support services provided to foster carers by an organisation (details supplied) located in Fethard has been terminated by Tusla without any consultation with the stakeholders; if she will insist that the services be continued while all concerned are consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13022/26]
257. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the amount of money paid to each agency Tusla has used in 2025 to hire agency staff across all public mainstream residential care facilities for children and young people; the total number of agency staff used in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13358/26]
267. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason support services provided to foster carers by an organisation (details supplied) located in Fethard has been terminated by Tusla without any consultation with the stakeholders; if she will insist that the services be continued while all concerned are consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13021/26]
454. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 5 February 2026, if Tusla will set up a meeting with a family to discuss their situation regarding guardians payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11565/26]
920. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of cases, in each of the past five years where Tusla initiated emergency child removal proceedings and where one or more material allegations were subsequently withdrawn, admitted being unfounded, or corrected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9372/26]
921. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguards in place to ensure that emergency child protection applications made by Tusla are based solely on verified and contemporaneous evidence; whether her Department has assessed the impact of later-withdrawn or incorrect allegations on District Court decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9373/26]