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
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
I do not have it to hand, but I can request it and have it forwarded to the Cathaoirleach. As stated earlier, the system works when people are prepared to refer. In other words, when people are recognised as mandated persons and all of that. However, there needs to be an element of education about when it should be done and how people can be supported in doing it. The fact that we are getting more referrals is positive. It means that more is being placed on the shoulders of Tusla. We are prepared to fund whatever Tusla requires to the maximum extent. Tusla has said that the funding it has received this year, in addition to the capital funding it will receive under budget 2026, is a significant uplift. Notwithstanding the numbers, which do look significantly high-----
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