Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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647. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extra money which has been made available to fund Tusla's current upgrade of their ICT system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29864/16]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The day to day ICT service for Tusla is provided on a shared service basis by arrangement with the Health Service Executive (HSE). As such, these services are not funded directly by my Department, nor would it have information readily to hand as to the cost to the HSE of these services.

I should emphasise that Tusla is also progressing the development of the new National Child Care Information System (NCCIS), a case management system for social work. The expenditure on this project in 2016 is estimated at approximately €400,000, the cost of which is being met by Tusla from within its capital allocation.