Children in Care

785. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains a national record of the permanency objective assigned to each child in care; if not, whether she will direct Tusla to develop such a dataset; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45323/26]

786. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Tusla Board and its Audit and Risk Committee will be required to receive regular reports on care drift, placement instability, permanency outcomes and the number of children remaining in care for more than two, five and ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45324/26]

818. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of all foster family placements arranged through private-for-profit foster care agencies in each of the past five years, as distinct from placements arranged directly through Tusla foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45922/26]

819. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average annual cost to the State, per child, of placements arranged through private-for-profit foster care agencies that place children with foster families, compared with the average annual cost per child of placements arranged directly through Tusla foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

1544. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla centrally records the length of time children remain in temporary care arrangements prior to achieving permanency outcomes; and if so, to provide the national figures for each year since 2020. [41706/26]

1545. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Tusla Board or its Audit and Risk Committee receive regular reports concerning delayed permanency outcomes, placement instability, or care drift trends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41708/26]

1546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how many children remained in special emergency arrangements for periods exceeding 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months respectively in each year since 2022. [41709/26]

1547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla conducts any national analysis of placement instability, including the number of placement moves experienced by children in care prior to achieving permanency outcomes. [41710/26]

1548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has undertaken any internal review examining the relationship between staffing shortages, recruitment pressures, and delayed permanency outcomes for children in care. [41711/26]

1584. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care for more than five years who do not have an identified permanency plan, broken down by placement type and age cohort. [42461/26]

1585. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average duration in care for children currently in State care, broken down by placement type and age cohort. [42462/26]

1586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in long-term foster care where adoption, guardianship, reunification, or long-term supported independent living has been formally identified as the permanency objective. [42464/26]

1587. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains national key performance indicators relating to permanency planning, care drift, placement stability, and duration in care; and if so, to provide details. [42465/26]

1588. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any internal audit, external review, HIQA inspection programme, or policy evaluation has examined long-term care drift or delays in permanency outcomes within Tusla since 2020.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42466/26]

1589. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care for more than ten years. [42467/26]

1590. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who exited State care in each year from 2020 to 2026 through reunification, adoption, guardianship, ageing out of care, or other pathways. [42468/26]

1603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains a centrally extractable dataset recording the cumulative number of placement changes experienced by each child in State care; and if not, whether plans are in place to establish such a dataset. [42681/26]

1604. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who have experienced more than five placement changes during their time in care, broken down by foster care, relative care, residential care and special care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42682/26]

1605. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who have experienced ten or more placement changes during their time in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42683/26]

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]

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 i…

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]