Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 October 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency
2:00 am
Mr. Pat Smyth:
That is the expected cost for what we call the mainstreams. SEAs are used for two groups. One is for kids in mainstream services and that €35 million applies there. We use SEAs for the separated children as well. In that case the average cost reduces to €200,000 per child. It just relates to the mainstream.
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