Keira Keogh (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Going back to Tusla and the underspend on staff due to difficulty with recruitment, I know there is a lot of burnout, there have been a lot of complex cases and different staff have been injured every now and again, so I know it is not the easiest place to work but it is really important work. I note that out of the 5,837 staff, 1,217 are a breakdown of social workers and child welfare officers. Is there a plan to increase the number of behavioural support specialists? I know we have special care but we might not have step down from special care or a step up to high support if there is a difficulty in recruitment due to really complex cases. What is the solution?