Anne Rabbitte
Question:1166. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children in relative foster care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13032/19]
View answerTuesday, 26 March 2019
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I can advise the Deputy that data is reported by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency by administrative area and not by county. The most recent date for which data is available is December 2018, which is laid out in the table below.
Number and percentage of children in relative foster care with an allocated social worker, by Tusla administrative area.
|
Area |
# in relative foster care |
# with social worker |
% with social worker |
|
Dublin South East/Wicklow |
70 |
60 |
86% |
|
Dublin South West/Kildare/West Wicklow |
155 |
94 |
61% |
|
Dublin South Central |
103 |
99 |
96% |
|
Midlands |
98 |
83 |
85% |
|
Dublin North City |
162 |
138 |
85% |
|
Dublin North |
95 |
82 |
86% |
|
Louth/Meath |
80 |
75 |
94% |
|
Cavan/Monaghan |
24 |
23 |
96% |
|
Kerry |
57 |
57 |
100% |
|
Cork |
221 |
221 |
100% |
|
Carlow/Kilkenny/South Tipperary |
96 |
55 |
57% |
|
Waterford/Wexford |
100 |
91 |
91% |
|
Donegal |
31 |
30 |
97% |
|
Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan |
26 |
26 |
100% |
|
Mayo |
43 |
43 |
100% |
|
Galway/Roscommon |
76 |
76 |
100% |
|
Midwest |
149 |
132 |
89% |
|
Social Work Team for Separated Children Seeking Asylum |
0 |
0 |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,586 |
1,385 |
87% |
Whilst a case may be unallocated, this does not necessarily mean that a child is not being seen by a social worker. The relative foster carers, for example, may also have an allocated link social worker. There may also be another Tusla professional meeting with the child in placement such as an access worker or a social care worker/leader. Areas have systems in place, where a social worker has not been allocated to a child, whereby the child still receives a safeguarding visit to ensure his or her needs are being met.