Tusla: 21% fall in cases awaiting allocation

The Child and Family Agency says it improved its services for young people last year “with limited resources” and despite having received 43,596 referrals.

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.