Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The retention of staff is an important issue not only for Tusla as an organisation but particularly for children. Mr. McCarthy hit the nail on the head with his comments. There are children and families who have fantastic relationships with social workers and some of those relationships have continued after the children left care. Children are key and we need to retain the quality, skilled staff we have. The organisation needs to do stuff in terms of staff well-being because social work is a hard and emotional job. I sometimes wonder how social workers unwind when they return to their family environments because social work is hard.