Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 October 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Tusla - Financial Statements 2016

We can mobilise support in that way. However, not all children who are homeless require a service from Tusla. We must be careful to respond to those situations in a proportionate way. Many of those children are living with very caring and able parents and it is not necessarily for us to intervene or interfere. However, we recognise absolutely the need to provide support when it is required, which is why we have established the liaison social worker who is dedicated specifically to homeless families. We are also looking at whether our family resource centres can offer support to homeless families. For example, families can call in to be signposted on to other services and given advice and support and so on.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.