Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 February 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

Tulsa has developed a strategy for alternative care that was informed by the spending review and other policy considerations. It has been quite reliant on private residential care providers as part of the overall mix. Approximately 60% involves private providers. There is an objective to reduce this to a 50:50 mix in the short term and a 40:60 mix over time. My colleague may have figures on where we are at with this trajectory. The reliance on private providers has reduced in recent years from the high of 60%.