Written answers
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Children in Care
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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268. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have died in State care since 2010. [18160/19]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The following table outlines the numbers of children who have died while in the care of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, between 2010 and 2018. I am informed by Tusla that information on the causes of death is not currently available on the figures for 2018.
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total 2010-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| Natural causes | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | NA | 11 |
| Homicide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 |
| Suicide | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NA | 5 |
| Drug overdoses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NA | 2 |
| Road traffic accidents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NA | 1 |
| Other accidents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NA1 | 1 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NA | 1 |
The Deputy may wish to note that, prior to the establishment of Tusla in 2014, care services were provided to children by the Health Services Executive.
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