Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The spending review for 2019 published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I referred to the conclusions and key findings relating to efficiency. I am concerned because any organisation that receives funding says that it has to do its paperwork and comply with red tape. A great deal of information is required of them and they must answer many questions, rightly so. Yet, there is a lack of data available from Tusla for four years, and it does not seem to be doing anything to try to rectify this. It says it will have the data from 2019 onwards, but we do not have the figures concerning efficiency for four full years. The report was done by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I am surprised if the Minister does not have it or has not seen it. My question is why we do not have the information or why Tusla is not going to go back over those four years to provide information. The funding of any other organisation would be stopped immediately and funding would not be provided until it had all its ducks in a row. Tusla is off the hook for four full years in terms of providing us with information. I am concerned about that.