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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: As such, there are approximately 300 outstanding vacancies in social work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: That is to say, approximately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: How many of those are backfills and how many are new roles?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: I appreciate that Mr. Smyth may not have the detail. Of the new roles that are not filled, how many new roles were not filled last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: My initial question was on how many new roles in 2018 were not filled, in particular on the social work side.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: How many were not filled by direct employees? If Mr. Smyth does not have the figure, they can send it on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: I am trying to get an understanding on the flip side of what is not being filled. If these roles are not filled, Tusla's budget is spent to pay agencies to take up the work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: Are salaries in agencies being inflated because of the lack of supply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: What is the nature of the contracts agency workers have? Are they fixed-term or hourly-rate contracts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: Does Tusla pay the agency a retainer to hold staff on a preferred-supplier list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: I know, but in respect of recruitment, the agency supplying Tusla has workers. Is that agency paid a retainer to provide Tusla with staff every year or is it just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: As such, one third relates to maternity leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: I am sorry to interrupt, but I am following a train of thought. What is the reason for availing of a shorter working year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: I am trying to drill this down in respect of social workers. According to the witnesses, approximately 50% of the outstanding roles are backfilled and 50% are new. I am trying to concentrate on the new roles.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: Can Tusla provide the committee with a flow chart on the recruitment process from end to end setting out the number of steps someone has to go through? Does recruitment take place by panel nationally or is it locally driven?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: Can the witnesses elaborate on local and regional recruitment panels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: How many counties does the west panel cover?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: Is that a typical panel? Are there panels that cover smaller geographical areas? I am trying to find whether there are local panels. For example, is there a panel for Limerick, or a mid-west panel, or is it very broad and very much according to the HSE model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Tusla (13 Feb 2019)

Tom Neville: Does Tusla currently have people on panels that are over-subscribed or are the panels empty?