Migration and staffing among issues hampering Tusla’s work, PAC to hear

Tusla CEO Kate Duggan is expected to tell the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee  of the challenges it faces due to 'wider societal issues' including global migration, poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, and drugs. Picture: Brian Farrell 

Migration and staffing problems are two of the issues negatively affecting Tusla’s ability to provide its services adequately, an Oireachtas committee will hear today.

The chief executive of the agency, Kate Duggan, is set to tell the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that “wider societal issues” serve to “significantly impact” the demand for Tusla’s services.