Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Governance and Control Procedures in Tusla - Child and Family Agency: Discussion
9:00 am
Máire Devine (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
To err is human. In this regard, I include myself. I will concentrate on my last question, or perhaps my last observation. Tusla's priority is rightly to focus on children currently at risk. It is, however, swamped with historical allegations.
Could the witnesses give me some idea of the percentage of staff who are involved in the investigation which needs to be put on the back burner or in abeyance for a time when children at risk is the priority? Does Tusla need another sub-section or agency to deal with these historical allegations which, we hope, in time will peter out?
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