Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 February 2018
24. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers in each region; the number of social worker vacancies in each region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8829/18]
View answerTusla has advised that the breakdown of whole time equivalent Social Workers by region as at 31 December, 2017 is as follows:
|
Region/Area |
WTE |
|
Child Residential Service |
8.6 |
|
Residential DML |
1.99 |
|
Residential DNE |
2.89 |
|
Residential West |
|
|
Residential South |
3.72 |
|
Special Care Services |
|
|
National Services |
98.04 |
|
Dublin Mid-Leinster (DML) |
374.78 |
|
Dublin South Central |
75.06 |
|
Dublin South East\Wicklow |
99.52 |
|
Dublin South West\Kildare West Wicklow |
99.59 |
|
Midland |
78.62 |
|
Regional Services DML |
21.99 |
|
Dublin North East (DNE) |
301.46 |
|
Cavan\Monaghan |
34.45 |
|
Dublin North City |
92.66 |
|
Louth\Meath |
74.88 |
|
North Dublin |
71.13 |
|
Regional Services DNE |
28.34 |
|
South |
344.32 |
|
Carlow\Kilkenny\Sth Tipperary |
63.24 |
|
Cork |
152.36 |
|
Kerry |
40.35 |
|
Regional Services South |
3.98 |
|
Waterford\Wexford |
84.39 |
|
West |
338.78 |
|
Donegal |
63.66 |
|
Galway\Roscommon |
92.08 |
|
Mayo |
37.01 |
|
Mid-West |
107.02 |
|
Regional Services West |
1 |
|
Sligo\Leitrim |
38.01 |
|
Grand Total |
1465.98 |
Tusla has advised that there are currently 282 vacancies for Social Workers. The numerical breakdown of these vacancies by region is as follows:
|
Dublin South |
61 |
|
Dublin West |
57 |
|
Dublin North East (DNE) |
89 |
|
Dublin Mid-Leinster (DML) |
70 |
|
Residential |
1 |
|
National Service |
4 |
|
Grand Total |
282 |
Recruitment and retention of social workers continues to be a challenge for Tusla however, I understand that 75 of these 282 vacant posts are at an advance stage of the recruitment process and Tusla expects to fill them shortly.
|
Dublin South |
17 |
|
Dublin West |
22 |
|
Dublin North East (DNE) |
19 |
|
Dublin Mid-Leinster(DML) |
17 |
|
Grand Total |
75 |
Tusla is currently drafting its 3-Year multiannual strategic workforce plan and I expect that this will consider initiatives to address the on-going challenges of recruiting social workers.
