3010. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No's 2999, 3000, 2942, 2925 and 2946 of 28 July 2026, the estimated number of individual files that would need to be examined in order to provide the information requested. [62469/26]

3011. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which Tusla exercises strategic oversight of separated children seeking international protection where key outcome information is held solely on individual case files and not collated centrally. [62467/26]

3012. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains a centrally accessible database recording the outcome of each unaccompanied minor referred to the Separated Children Seeking International Protection service; and if not, the reason such information is held only on individual case files. [62466/26]

3013. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla can account for the final recorded outcome of every unaccompanied minor referred to the Agency since 2022; and, if not, the number for whom no final outcome has been recorded centrally. [62476/26]

3014. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of safeguarding concerns reported to Tusla following the reunification of an unaccompanied minor with family members in each year since 2022 to date in 2026. [62475/26]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013 and 3014 together.

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility under the Child Care Act 1991 for providing accommodation to Separated Children Seeking International Protection (SCSIP) who are referred by the International Protection Office. The responsibility for the operation of the international protection system rests with the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.

Tusla advise that they hold a centrally accessible database for recording service data, which has been in place since 2024. This system will continue to be developed to meet service needs. The Deputy has been previously supplied with information available on the number of minors seeking international protection in care/accommodated for each year 2024, 2025, and 2026. Individuals who are service users have individual case files. In accordance with data protection requirements and safeguarding obligations, Tusla will not disclose information from individual case files that is personal in nature or that could lead to identification of an individual child or young person.

Tusla SCSIP service also operates an oversight system in which social work and social care practitioners are line managed by Team Leaders and Principal Social Work Staff. In turn Area Managers for Residential Services and for Operational Services oversee their respective teams. All individual case files are reviewed through this oversight system.

Once family reunification of a child occurs, the case is closed to the SCSIP service, and the local area is notified of the family reunification. Any child protection or welfare concerns identified post reunification are notified and managed by the local network area where the child and family reside.

Tusla can account for individual’s final recorded outcome at the point where they age out of care, are discharged from care, are reunified or where they cease aftercare. This information is recorded on individuals’ personal files.