Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Going back to the figures that have been provided, there are 1,500 social workers and Tusla is operating at approximately 50% capacity. It has 100 out at any given time at the moment. Based on its 65% retention of qualified social workers, of the 200 qualifying per annum, we are looking at 19 years to get to 100% based on today's requirements, whatever about what we might need in 20 years. Is my arithmetic correct?
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