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- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: There is a need to engage bilaterally because children are arriving here. Witnesses from Tusla were here recently. That organisation is facing a real challenge in terms of dealing with this issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Tusla has a number of challenges, and this is a major issue for it. Trying to provide supervision for these children, in bed and breakfast accommodation and other kinds of temporary accommodation and by means of overnight stays is challenging.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: I ask the officials responsible deal with this matter-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: I also have a question about Tusla in the context of the recruitment of social workers, because they are clearly under pressure. The figures show that there were 57 fewer social workers in recent years, with the number dropping from 1,669 in 2021 to 612 the following year. Again, there is an issue here in relation to staff recruitment, staff training and the workforce supply pipeline. What...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Has the Department, which is the lead on this, taken the matter up with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: How many extra training places will there be this year compared with last year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Have those figures for social workers continued to decrease in 2023? I refer to the loss of 57 people in one year.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: There has been more of a drop.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Regarding family resource centres, these are funded by the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: What monitoring is in place of family resource centres in terms of their work or throughput? I refer to how successful they are. Does the Department inspect them?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Are inspections carried out?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Mr. Ó Conaill-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Mr. Ó Conaill had indicated. I cannot see all the nameplates.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: There is a problem with the number of social workers.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: It is a chicken-and-egg situation. If there are not sufficient staff, then people leave the organisation because they are burned out. I ask that the figures be sent on to the committee in relation to the number of extra training places. The issue of the workforce pipeline must be addressed in conjunction with that of retention. If this aspect were got right, then the retention issue would...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy for that contribution. I thank all the witnesses.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Are all those providers who are in receipt of State funding compelled to pay the employment regulation order rate?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Does Dr. Brooks agree?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024) Brian Stanley: Are they complying?