Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 October 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Bernard Gloster:

Of the social workers who left us between January and July 2021 almost ten went on career break. People take career breaks now and it is a modern day feature of working life. More than 20 went to new job opportunities. They saw other work as more attractive. Approximately 12 or 13 went to other health agencies. More than 21 reported personal reasons. There were also reasons such as end of contract, end of training, family reasons, further education, going abroad and no job satisfaction.