3039. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times that TUSLA have had to be called for a child under 18 left unaccompanied in accident and emergency by hospital in each of the last 6 months. [58787/26]

3040. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times that TUSLA have had to be called for a child with disabilities under 18 left unaccompanied by county in each of the last 6 months. [58789/26]

3041. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have been abandoned by county in each of the last 6 months and in the 5 years previous respectively, in tabular form [58790/26]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 3039, 3040 and 3041 together.

Tusla does not collate the data in the manner as requested by the Deputy.

The Tusla Data Management and Digital Transformation Strategy (2024 – 2026) aims to maximise the benefits of data management and digital innovation in supporting the work of Tusla.

The Tusla Portal launched 2018, is now established as the digital front door for referrals, notifications or submissions to Tusla services. Services available on the Portal include child protection welfare reporting and education welfare referrals. The Portal also provides a digital collaboration space for Tusla partners, such as child and family related service providers, schools, early years providers and others to securely exchange information with Tusla. The Portal now receives over 100,000 online submissions annually.

Tusla Case Management (TCM) system, launched in 2021, provides a single, integrated case management system that, over time, will be implemented across all Tusla services. TCM provides a single view of each child, young person, family, care provider and others who are engaged with Tusla. The vision for the system is to support all Tusla functions to work in an efficient and joined-up way in the delivering of its services.

The vision for Portal and TCM under the Tusla Data Management and Digital Transformation Strategy is that the Portal will continue to be progressed as the Digital-First channel for all exchanges of records to and from Tusla. While promoting Digital First, the strategy recognises that online will not be available or be the preferred option for everyone who wishes to engage with Tusla services. Tusla will continue to support paper submissions but will establish processes to digitise at the front door, meaning that all subsequent internal work follows a digital-only channel.

TCM will continue to be extended to become the single integrated case management system across all Tusla services providing joined-up digital systems and data for joined-up services. TCM will provide a single integrated case management across all Tusla services, a single view of the child, family and their connections across all services and all engagements with Tusla and will provide excellence in record keeping.