Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 October 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Bernard Gloster:

I will do that quickly. Note 7 in the accounts breaks that spend down. It shows we spent €88 million on statutory foster care allowances. The statutory foster care allowance rates are €325 for a child under the age of 12 and €352 for a child from the ages of 12 to 18. Aftercare allowances are provided for a large range of young people aged 18 to 22, and we spent €24 million on those allowances in 2020. The aftercare allowances can range up to €300 per child.

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