Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2017
647. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 9 May 2017, the 5,720 open child cases waiting to be allocated a social worker by county in tabular form; the length of time these cases have been waiting to be allocated a social worker; and the number of these cases that are still waiting to be allocated a social worker. [24106/17]
View answerThe latest data available (end of February 2017) is contained in the following table. Unfortunately, the data is not collated in the form requested by the Deputy.
I will be requesting that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, revert with the data the Deputy has requested with regard to the length of time the cases referred to have been awaiting the allocation of a social worker.
|
Open cases |
Open cases awaiting allocation |
|
|
Dublin South East Wicklow |
1106 |
161 |
|
Dublin South West Kildare West Wicklow |
2161 |
972 |
|
Dublin South Central |
1401 |
310 |
|
The Midlands |
1592 |
428 |
|
Dublin City North |
1730 |
280 |
|
Dublin North |
3065 |
827 |
|
Louth Meath |
1444 |
274 |
|
Cavan Monaghan |
565 |
124 |
|
Kerry |
485 |
12 |
|
Cork |
3979 |
626 |
|
Carlow Kilkenny South Tipperary |
1203 |
324 |
|
Waterford Wexford |
1552 |
353 |
|
Donegal |
879 |
271 |
|
Sligo Leitrim West Cavan |
426 |
89 |
|
Mayo |
573 |
2 |
|
Galway Roscommon |
1638 |
333 |
|
The Midwest |
1588 |
334 |
Cases that are unallocated are monitored, supported and managed by the duty social work team under the supervision of the principal social worker.
The deferred reply under Standing Order 42A was forwarded to the Deputy.
