Tusla: 21% fall in cases awaiting allocation
Launching its 2015 annual report Tusla said there had been a 21% reduction of cases awaiting allocation to a social worker compared with figures for 2014, with a 65% reduction of high priority cases awaiting allocation to a social worker in the same period.
There was a total of 6,388 children in care last year, 93% of whom were in foster care, while 1,835 young adults were in receipt of aftercare. Almost one-third of those in foster care were being cared for by a relative.
