Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister did not answer the questions. He did not refer to the €8 million that Tusla received from Atlantic Philanthropies. He did not respond to the fact that he said in October that he was giving €26 million extra to Tusla, yet here we are. He failed completely to address the situation. Tusla itself has stated the reason the cuts run out on 7 May is because the Minister did not sign off on the budgets. I asked him what he was doing and where he was. Was he as láthair? Was he ina chodladh? He has a job to do. Why did he wait until 7 May to implement this?

The Minister can gloss over the figures all he likes but-----

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