Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Bernard O'Regan:

None of the teams is fully staffed at the moment. We have an average vacancy rate of 25% across teams. The discussion we have had about the steps we are trying to take to improve that situation is the rest of the answer. I cannot say the point by which it will happen other than that we are working as hard as we can to build up the levels of staffing to make sure we are using the resources available. Engagement with Government to further develop those teams through additional funding over the coming years is the other part of what we seek to do.