Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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395. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average time taken to investigate cases of children at risk of the various forms of abuse; the degree to which a systemic response is in place to deal with such issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19130/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I have written to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to request the information outlined by the Deputy. A further response will issue when the information has been supplied.

Tusla publishes figures on a quarterly basis to indicate the length of time a case is awaiting allocation, by priority level. At the end of Q3 2017, the most recent validated data published, 63% of high priority cases were waiting less than 3 months, compared to 53% of medium priority cases and 43% of low priority cases.