Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Continuity of care is the central aspect of this question, in the sense of a child being able to rely on having consistency and the same social worker being available to him or her. There seems to be an increased reliance on agency workers whereby there is more than a doubling of the number of agency workers. It is up 125% over the last four years while at the same time there is only a 3% increase in the number of permanent staff being taken on. Can the Minister outline how she is going to provide consistency to children who are dealing with social workers? Is she going to put further emphasis on permanent staff?

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