Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Do any other members wish to come in? No. I will ask a few questions. I thank our guests for being here. Meetings like this always take place in a context. Tusla being here this week as opposed to last week would probably have created a very different conversation, although a number of members did raise concern about the capacity of Tusla to ensure the care and safety of all children under its remit, particularly with the potential increased obligations of this new legislation. Obviously, the death of a young Ukrainian man in the days after that meeting has put our discussion into stark contrast. Ms Ward may be best placed to answer this. I ask about the concerns around the capacity and the pressures this legislation could potentially put on Tusla and other State agencies to ensure the safety of the people who are entrusted to those agencies.

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