Tusla spent over €7m outside official procurement guidelines in 2019 

Tusla chief executive Bernard Gloster told the Public Accounts Committee 'there are issues with procurement processes' and said that the agency continues 'to monitor compliance and disclose information'.

Child and family agency Tusla spent just under €600,000 on translation services using non-official channels in 2019.

The agency had an overall total spend for procurement outside State guidelines of €7,137,247 in the same year, according to its chief executive Bernard Gloster.