Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 July 2026

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality

Child Protection Matters, Special Care and Special Emergency Care Arrangements: Tusla

2:00 am

Photo of Keira KeoghKeira Keogh (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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While Ms Duggan was taking I was thinking about a very high profile and tragic case, which I will not go into, whereby an issue was flagged in social welfare and the right reporting was followed and things like that. Even though it was a crazy, tragic circumstance it was positive that it was flagged.

We had the Children's Residential and Aftercare Voluntary Association, CRAVA, in last week. It was mentioned that there was evidence in UK reports to say that outcomes for the community, voluntary and charity, CVC, areas were better than private for-profit. Does Tusla have any data on outcomes from Tusla residential centres versus private for-profit centres?