495 social workers have quit Tusla since 2014

More than 40% of the nearly 500 social workers who have quit work with Tusla, the child and family agency, since the start of 2014 gave no specific reason for their decision to leave.

Figures provided by the agency to the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) show 495 social workers left the service since the start of 2014, including 146 last year and 120 in the first nine months of 2017.

While 212 who left since 2013 gave no specific reason, 41 went abroad, 49 said they were leaving for personal reasons, and 27 said it was due to family matters.