James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Since the rapporteur's report involves many Departments, it is being circulated to them. We are waiting for it to return, which we hope will be shortly. We have the social worker numbers, but we may need to revert to the Deputy separately with them. I had them a few minutes ago. I do not have the total number, only the number of new workers. Some 258 new social workers were recruited in 2014, with 174 to be recruited in 2015. Those plus the replacements and ancillary staff amount to 532 people, recruiting all of whom will be a major challenge for Tusla. We will be as supportive of it as we can.