Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 October 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency

2:00 am

Ms Kate Duggan:

I want to make sure I am giving the Cathaoirleach the correct numbers. It is missing at that point in time. On 25 September, it is 28 for the Ukraine and separated children seeking international protection. It is eight in our mainstream children in care. In total, it is 36. A total of four young people from our mainstream setting are in contact with us. They are ringing and saying they do not want to go back. When this report was given to me on 25 September - I am conscious today is 2 October - four of those young people were missing from mainstream and one of those was missing for over one week. The rest were missing for one to three days.

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