Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2019
612. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to request that Tusla maintains a record of the number of girls in residential care who become pregnant while in care, in view of the fact that Tusla does not keep such records. [22011/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe pregnancy of a girl in care will be recorded on an individual file and the care planning process is the key forum to ensure that robust plans are put in place to support young people who are pregnant.
National level data is not currently collated for all incidents of pregnancy. I thank the Deputy for her suggestion and will include the issue in future discussions of appropriate and helpful data that Tulsa might collect to assist policy monitoring and development.
