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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Yes, but there are over 500 children now each year in that situation. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: So 547 children have presented either to those two points or others-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Okay. That is my next question. Of those, following an investigation, is Tusla aware of how many subsequently were confirmed as being children?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: My question is, does Tusla get that information back from the international protection service?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: As the person with responsibility for the Child and Family Agency, Ms Duggan is also responsible for the resources it has. I presume she would have some concerns that the resources that it perhaps needs to be directed elsewhere might not be appropriately directed if there are a large number of claims which are not correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: No, that is not the question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: The question I am asking is, is there an ongoing review of those presentations to ensure that there is an appropriate role for Tusla in that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: It is a slightly different question I am asking. Maybe I am not asking it correctly. What is the ongoing work between Tusla and the international protection service to ensure that the former's resources are not being wasted, essentially? Obviously, it has to deal with the case one on one, and I fully understand that, but surely there must be a point at which it reviews the procedure and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Are there international examples of other countries dealing with that problem?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Are those tests available to Tusla?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Is that because Tusla is not an immigration agency?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Does Ms Duggan believe they should be?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: In those scenarios a temporary arrangement might be put in place out of an abundance of caution-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Yes. I suppose the fear with that would be the checks would take too long and the responsibility would weigh on Tusla-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Deputy Dolan made a very good comparison earlier between the foster care system and the cost of private accommodation. Has Tusla done a review about the cost effectiveness of those two models? Would an increase in the foster care payment provide overall value for money?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: What does that look like? What does that ongoing review look like?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Can I clarify that? The reason a child is placed in a residential environment is not because of a shortage of foster care parents.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: That is a useful clarification. On the other side of the residential care placements is the special emergency arrangements. I note Tusla's point that some children may do better. Part of that is that they have a much more intensive intervention. Am I right in saying the staff member stays with the person and there is more one-on-one contact than there might be in a residential environment?