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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: I thank Ms Duggan. On the residential care companies and different entities, am I correct in saying Tusla is funding around 640 entities in total? I am referring to residential care companies and section 56 organisations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: So that is just community and voluntary.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am trying to separate it out. The section 56 organisations are the community and voluntary organisations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: Are the private residential companies included in that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: How many private care companies are being used?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: What kinds of numbers have we? What is the range?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: There are approximately 36 in total.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: What proportion of Tusla's budget will be used up in those 36?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: How many places did we have for that? This was for 2022.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: Would Tusla be looking at more than €400,000 per year per child?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: Up to €750,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: Because some of them have to be in single. They are astronomical sums. A lot start-up companies are getting involved in this. Are they all checked at the beginning to see whether they are tax-compliant?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: With regard to the Garda vetting of staff, if I want to be involved with my local under-18 soccer team, I have to have Garda vetting. Even if I have Garda vetting for my job, I need to have Garda vetting. If I am involved with the scouts, I still need to go and get a third set of it, which, I think, is crazy. I am in favour of Garda vetting but I fail to understand, and I have a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: It received significant sums over a three-year period. Why was the absence of Garda vetting not seen earlier?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: They would be fairly compliant.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is it an expectation or assurance? Ms Duggan mentioned assurances earlier on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: Who is checking the Garda certificate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: So it is HIQA or Tusla.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is it checked on an annual basis for staff?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: However, Ms Duggan's agency is working with vulnerable young children.