Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention was drawn to concerns in counties Laois and Offaly social work service by Tusla management in the two years prior to May 2015 (details supplied); and if so, the number of such alerts received. [5812/18]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention was drawn to concerns in the counties Laois and Offaly social work service by Tusla management in the two years prior to May 2015 (details supplied); and if so, if copies of all alerts received and the dates on which they were received will be provided. [5813/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 556 and 557 together.

The then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs was first made aware of the matters of concern referred to by the Deputy at the end of April, 2015. It appears that there were no specific concerns raised with the Department before then.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there were regular meetings in April and May 2015 between her Department officials and senior management in Tusla to discuss operational matters (details supplied) and to provide early warnings on matters that might escalate. [5814/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs was first informed of the issues referred to by the Deputy at the end of April 2015. The then Minister and his senior officials met with Tusla senior management on three occasions in the period April/May 2015. The Minister was updated on progress on the actions being taken by Tusla in response to the concerns about operational matters identified in the Tusla Midlands area. 

Departmental senior officials and senior management in Tulsa met on a monthly basis throughout 2015 and 2016 to discuss national progress on  operational performance and  issues in the  Midlands area formed part of this overall monitoring process.