Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla

Mr. Pat Smyth:

Yes. Resources first came on board in 2016 to recruit additional staff. Across the three years, 2016, 2017 and 2018, our numbers increased overall by just over 400 whole-time equivalents, WTEs. Just under 60 of these are social workers.