Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Select Committee on Children and Equality

Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 40 - Children and Equality (Supplementary)

2:00 am

Photo of Ruairí Ó MurchúRuairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Yes. Other terms that are used a lot are "interagency" and "all-of-government approach", but those concepts have not been applied properly to this field.

Agencies that are Tusla-funded or funded through the Department always have their issues. We talk about the need for multi-annual funding but many of them have raised instances where they did not have decent communication around auto-enrolment and whether the State will look after those paid by the State or if they will have to find additional moneys they do not necessarily have.

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