Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed)
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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The profession is currently in a self-fulfilling spiral. There are no placements because there are no social workers, and there are no social workers because there are no placements. That will continue until there is an intervention.