Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. I had to step out for a few minutes; the bilocation thing does not really work very well. I apologise if I go over some of the same ground.

Mr. Gloster talked about the number of social workers and other staff on maternity leave. How many people are out sick as opposed to on maternity leave? Maternity leave is very different and is not an illness. Does Tusla categorise the reasons? There have been reports in the past of caseloads, fatigue and things like that. Is that a factor?