Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Rabbitte for her excellent questions. I will certainly refer back to many of them. With regard to the efforts to recruit and retain staff, especially social workers, Tusla has an in-house recruitment function. It is reducing recruitment timelines and is identifying bottlenecks and working, where appropriate, with the national recruitment service of the HSE. Tusla is proactively engaging with third level institutions and overseas recruiters. It is also developing an employee assistance programme and managing caseloads, which is a very proactive measure. In addition, there is an internal staff transfer policy in place across Tusla to facilitate geographical mobility. The HSE does not have that facility. We are ensuring that staff have the appropriate ICT equipment and infrastructure to support their work.

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