Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 October 2025

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Sandra McDonagh:

I can look at the first piece around the children first legislation and safeguarding. We are mandated persons and we absolutely would report. What we have found in the past number of years, and I can only speak for Offaly, is that we have a really good relationship with Tusla. We have seen huge progress in the work we do with Tusla but that comes back to the team in Tusla engaging with us as an organisation. We also have two social workers, so we are on par. There are Traveller-specific initiatives funded by Tusla that are Traveller led within our organisation. We are rolling them out but Tusla is heavily supporting this. It is involved in the whole process and it is working really well. That is when you look at the targeted initiatives. What was the other piece?

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