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

I indicated the percentages of decreases in the number of unallocated cases. Since 2014, a plan has been in place to ensure the processes will continue to be reduced. This is the second year of a three-year initiative to tackle the issue of child protection cases, such as, for example, awaiting an allocation to a social worker. In each case, the percentages are going down according to the plan.

Obviously, this requires additional resources. I get regular reports on the speed with which this is happening. From my monitoring of it to date, it appears it is continuing to meet its target. It will need at least another year to ensure it is properly done, however.

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