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Tusla Spends 40M on Private Foster Care | Cork News
Tusla’s spending on private foster care surged to nearly forty million euro last year—up from thirty-three million in 2024—with over thirteen million already spent this year alone. The agency pays private providers an all-inclusive fee covering foster allowances, recruitment, and admin, but doesn’t track how funds are split between carer pay, overhead, or profit. Private placements are used only when no relative or direct Tusla carer is available, often for urgent cases like unaccompanied minors. While Tusla is expanding its own foster carer pool—approving over 200 new carers in 2024 and…
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