Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 October 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency

2:00 am

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)

It is then up to Tusla to determine where the placement is, whether it is utilising the special emergency arrangements or whether it is voluntary or statutory. That is entirely up to Tusla. I suggest that the availability of that accommodation is the determining factor in where the child goes. That is the issue. It is not about the complexity of the case; it is about the availability of residential accommodation. For every social worker, every case is complex. It is probably more complex for them when they do not know where the child is going.

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