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:

One of comparators we gave the committee was the number of social workers who are engaged in child protection in England per 1,000 of population. We would need to recruit 1,500 in total if we were to staff at UK levels.