Anne Rabbitte
Question:1163. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children in care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13029/19]
View answerTuesday, 26 March 2019
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I must advise the Deputy that data is reported by Tusla on the basis of Tusla administrative area, and not by county. The table below lays out the number of children in care with an allocated social worker.
Table: Number and percentage of children in care with allocated social worker
|
Area |
Allocated SW |
Awaiting SW (%) |
Total |
|
Dublin South East/Wicklow |
242 |
31 (12%) |
273 |
|
Dublin South West/Kildare/West Wicklow |
296 |
104 (35%) |
400 |
|
Dublin South Central |
351 |
10 (2%) |
361 |
|
Midlands (Longford, Westmeath, Laois, Offaly) |
319 |
60 (18%) |
379 |
|
Dublin North City |
471 |
37 (7%) |
508 |
|
Dublin North |
304 |
19 (6%) |
323 |
|
Louth/Meath |
377 |
28 (7%) |
405 |
|
Cavan/Monaghan |
142 |
14 (9%) |
156 |
|
Kerry |
165 |
0 (0%) |
165 |
|
Cork |
279 |
2 (0.7%) |
281 |
|
Carlow/Kilkenny/SouthTipperary |
240 |
107 (44%) |
347 |
|
Waterford/Wexford |
394 |
42 (11%) |
436 |
|
Donegal |
213 |
1 (0.4%) |
214 |
|
Sligo/Leitrim/WestCavan |
108 |
0 (0%) |
108 |
|
Mayo |
124 |
0 (0%) |
124 |
|
Galway/Roscommon |
397 |
1 (0.2%) |
398 |
|
Midwest (Limerick, Clare, North Tipperary) |
520 |
61 (11%) |
581 |
|
Social Work Team Separated Children Seeking Asylum |
67 |
0 (0%) |
67 |