Ms Jacinta Swann:

The recruitment and retention of social workers has been very difficult for Tusla. Some of that is due to the volume of cases and the type of work involved. Tusla has a retention strategy in place, which was raised at the recent meeting of this committee to discuss fostering. If the resource of a social workers is not there, the support cannot be given to the desired level.

My colleague, Ms Mockler, wants to come in on this point.