Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Committee on Children and Equality
Engagement with Children's Rights Alliance
2:00 am
Ms Tanya Ward:
That is right. I know Tusla has a new front-door approach with an early intervention team. I know Kate Duggan will appear before the committee soon. If that reform were rolled out correctly, that would be the team, to be honest, if it is a child protection, social work and family support type of response. The health system would have to have a response as well because among some of the issues children are facing are speech and language issues. There are some things that Tusla cannot provide and it has to be the HSE that creates that response. That is the linchpin that is missing at the moment.
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