Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities

Mr. Bernard Gloster:

In very specific localised areas. Tusla would not have the same challenge in Limerick or Cork, for example, as it would have in Dublin north city. There are nuances to that. One of the Dublin areas currently has a registered vacancy in the region of 40, and it is backfilled by approximately 20 agencies. That is a serious deficit. The answer is “Yes”, there would still be those.