Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla

Photo of Seán SherlockSeán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I apologise in advance as I am under time constraints and will have to leave the meeting. Some of us have questions to the Minister, who is in the Chamber so I will not delay. I thank the witnesses for coming. Tusla's statement is very clear in that it sets out pathways and challenges. I welcome this and acknowledge the recruitment and retention challenges Tusla faces. I also acknowledge the challenges it faces in respect of the HIQA reports and investigation and the outworkings of that.

The expert assurance group, EAG, which was established to oversee and advise on the implementation of the recommendations of HIQA's investigation, has published its first quarterly report. Will the witnesses give me a sense of how this is working for them at present?

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