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- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is also outside the Prison Service.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: That area has experienced much difficulty in terms of staffing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: What age group does Tusla deal with?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: With regard to the vulnerable children on Tusla's books, and we dealt with this question a few years ago in respect of the HSE, have many children received injuries or died while in its care? Can Mr. McBride discuss that issue? What monitoring or recording system is in place? I know some children die of natural causes, but in some cases they might not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: How many was that last year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: Were there more boys than girls?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: What group produces that report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: Who are they?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: Is it part of the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: However, it is funded by the Department's Vote.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: Perhaps Mr. McBride would send the committee its last report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: Okay. Page 69 refers to the workforce breakdown. We understand the difficulties and we may have mentioned that already. Regarding the absentee rate by group, the absentee rate is increased in residential services. The trend across the public service in recent years has been downward to reduce absenteeism. Why is it going the other direction in Mr. McBride's organisation and what is it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: The difficulty of the job.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: I have a question about the agencies to whom Tusla pays grants. This might be in the documentation or Mr. McBride could send it to the committee, but what percentage of those would be covered by service level agreements?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: This is an issue we will be raising with the HSE as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: Mr. McBride might send us a note on that. In particular, he should list-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is. As I said at the beginning, the organisation had a difficult start and I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: Perhaps Mr. McBride would send us the information on that and list the largest ones with which Tusla does not have a service level agreement in place and the amounts they receive.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: Obviously they are the ones we would expect Tusla to deal with promptly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes. Mr. McBride could give the committee a short report on that. I have two final points. Domestic violence was mentioned by Deputy Connolly. Obviously, many protection orders and barring orders have been issued in the courts as a result of domestic violence and threats of such violence. Do Mr. McBride know how many were issued and how many children would have been in families where...