DATA PRESENTED ARE LATEST AVAILABLE AND CAN CHANGE FROM DATA PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED DUE TO ONGOING VALIDATION

Referral data are reported monthly and should be considered preliminary. Validated data are reported quarterly in arrears.

Cases of retrospective abuse: data for March 2019 includes an over-counting of cases by one region and data for Jan 2020 / Feb 2020 is based on data for 16/17 areas. CPNS: figures do not include children listed as active from another

jurisdiction (e.g., children visiting etc.)

19

,26

8

19

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4

19

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3

19

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0

19

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9

19

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20

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9

20

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4

21

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0

19

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6

19

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4

18

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2

6,2

98

5,9

39

5,9

89

5,9

44

5,7

59

5,4

33

5,0

67

5,1

12

4,9

79

4,8

12

5,2

91

5,2

84

5,0

48

0

3,000

6,000

9,000

12,000

15,000

18,000

21,000

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Cases Allocated / Awaiting Allocation to Social

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No Allocated No Awaiting Allocation

2,1

26

1,9

43

1,9

01

1,8

98

1,8

68

1,8

18

1,7

85

1,6

95

1,7

90

1,7

09

1,8

56

1,9

54

1,9

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71

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68

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80

3,0

99

2,9

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2,8

13

2,6

60

2,7

83

2,4

67

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2,6

47

2,6

06

1,0

01

92

8

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2

62

2

63

4

72

2

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3

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51

8

0

500

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1,500

2,000

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3,000

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4,000

4,500

No

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es

Cases Awaiting Allocation, by Priority Level

Low Medium High

10

90

11

73

11

77

13

63

11

23

97

3

84

0

85

8

85

1

88

7

70

6

70

1 78

1

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

Feb-19

Mar-19

Apr-19

May-19

Jun-19

Jul-19

Aug-19

Sep-19

Oct-19

Nov-19

Dec-19

Jan-20

Feb-20

# Mandated 1090 1173 1177 1363 1123 973 840 858 851 887 706 701 781

% Total Referrals 22% 24% 24% 25% 26% 20% 18% 17% 14% 16% 17% 12% 14%

# Mandated Reports, by Month

4,8

58

4,9

87

4,9

03

5,4

12

43

24

48

79

45

43 4

90

3

59

84

54

50

42

70

58

77

55

25

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

5,000

5,500

6,000

Referrals to Child Protection & Welfare Services

Figure 5,525 for February 2020, includes 781 mandated reports

DSE/WW

DSW/K/

WWDSC

Midlands

DNC

Dublin

North

LH/MH

CN/MN

Kerry

CorkCW/KK/S

T

WD/WX

Donegal

SLWC

Mayo

GY/RN

Midwest

Low 56 396 198 46 150 551 139 14 17 101 78 85 18 2 0 34 39

Medium 38 732 373 103 207 102 304 11 29 128 199 219 55 9 0 13 84

High 4 82 136 48 0 6 0 0 45 54 12 67 23 9 0 7 25

Total 98 1210 707 197 357 659 443 25 91 283 289 371 96 20 0 54 148

Open cases 721 2000 1505 1257 1577 3942 1526 451 497 2594 1056 1669 859 323 351 1235 1627

Active on Duty 11 720 141 6 63 590 116 5 47 165 48 0 73

0

200

400

600

800

1000

Cases Awaiting Allocation by Priority Level and Area, February 2020

Feb-

19

Mar-

19

Apr-

19

May-

19

Jun-

19

Jul-

19

Aug-

19

Sep-

19

Oct-

19

Nov-

19

Dec-

19

Jan-

20

Feb-

20

Allocated 1,212 1,361 1,208 1,040 1,010 945 881 903 949 996 995 1,018 1,013

Awaiting Allocation 1391 1463 868 788 787 684 689 638 682 699 727 667 683

Open Cases 2603 2824 2076 1828 1797 1629 1570 1541 1631 1695 1722 1685 1696

Referrals 282 287 316 220 328 215 271 175 257 228 224 217 310

1391

1463

868788

787

684 689 638 682 699 727 667 683

0

250

500

750

1,000

1,250

1,500

Cases of Retrospective Abuse Allocated / Waiting Allocation

These cases are not included in cases presented in charts 1-5

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7

91

3

92

0

91

5

91

8 97

9

1,0

05

98

1

90

7

89

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84

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91

3

92

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91

5

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6

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Children listed as "active" on the Child Protection Notification System

No. Active No. with Allocated Social Worker

5,9

97

6,0

05

5,9

89

6,0

09

6,0

17

6,0

36

6,0

06

5,9

83

5,9

99

5,9

71

5,9

85

5,9

71

5,9

55

5,400

5,600

5,800

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6,400

No

of

Ch

ild

ren

Number of Children in Care

Feb 2020

Foster care (general): 3,893Foster care (relative): 1,555

Residential: 402

Other: 105

Figure 5,955 includes 64 children under the Social Work Team for Separated Children

Seeking Asylum,two fewer than Jan 2020

NATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND ACTIVITY DASHBOARD

February 2020

2

March, April and May 2019 - % of children in care with a written care plan is based on data from 16/17 areas

1,504 children on register for home education Feb 2020. # awaiting assessment from March 2019 excludes children who have been assessed and who are progressing to the next stage of the registration process. These children

were included in figures prior to March 2019. 4,312 Early Years Services February 2020

393 387 379 378 378 383 396 403 403 404 405 402 400

237 230 240 245 253 256 249 245 246 254 255 254 260

27 29 26 33 32 36 33 36 34 30 35 33 34

657646 645 656 663 675 678 684 683 688 695 689 694

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

550

600

650

700

750

Feb

-19

Mar

-19

Ap

r-19

May

-19

Jun

-19

Jul-

19

Au

g-19

Sep

-19

Oct

-19

No

v-19

Dec

-19

Jan-

20

Feb

-20

No

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Ch

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nChildren in Private Placements, by Placement Type

Foster Care Residential General Other Total

97%

100%

95%

92%94%

70%

75%

80%

85%

90%

95%

100%

Residential

General

Residential Special

Care

Foster Care

General

Foster Care with

Relatives

Total

% o

f C

hil

dre

n

% of Children in Care with a Written Care Plan

Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jul-19 Aug-19

Sep-19 Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Target

99%100%

95%

91%

94%

75%

80%

85%

90%

95%

100%

1 2 3 4 5

% o

f C

hil

dre

n

% of Children in Care with an Allocated Social Worker

Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19

Jul-19 Aug-19 Sep-19 Oct-19 Nov-19

Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Target

DSE/WW

DSW/K/WW

DSCMidland

sDNC

Dublin

North

LH/MH

CN/MN

Kerry

CorkCW/KK/S

T

WD/WX

Donegal

SLWC

Mayo

GY/RN

Midwes

t

SWTSCSA

Awaiting SW 6 38 32 58 17 43 5 2 15 14 43 20 0 21 0 18 22 0

With SW 251 385 329 316 472 286 394 155 152 757 295 417 214 94 131 334 555 64

Total CIC 257 423 361 374 489 329 399 157 167 771 338 437 214 115 131 352 577 64

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Children in Care with/awaiting Allocated Social Worker, Feb 2020

Feb-19

Mar-19

Apr-19

May-19

Jun-19

Jul-19

Aug-19

Sep-19

Oct-19

Nov-19

Dec-19

Jan-20

Feb-20

# Waiting List 2024 2275 2636 2838 2766 2155 2017 1681 1737 1708 1914 1984 2266

# Referrals screened 754 878 871 597 369 435 199 249 414 482 523 605 956

# Open cases mth end 3263 3297 3306 3243 3025 2935 2986 3131 3085 3127 3088 3136 3186

# Cases closed 348 411 275 323 387 181 126 347 485 406 234 349 395

20242275

26362838 2766

2155 20171681 1737 1708

1914 19842266

0

500

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2000

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3500

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Lis

t

Educational Welfare Services

620

510 528 537 549 533

606642 654 653 650

615

531

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

Home Education

# Awaiting Assessment for Registration

215202

175

261

216

165150

191 198 194

122

241

204

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Early Years Inspectorate

# inspections done

6.6%5.9% 6.0%

5.5%5.0%

5.4% 5.3% 5.3%5.7% 5.9%

5.4%

6.6% 6.3%

5.53%4.9% 4.68% 4.6%

3.99% 4.3% 4.19% 4.4%4.77%

5.4%4.84%

5.9%5.5%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

Jan

-19

Fe

b-1

9

Mar-1

9

Ap

r-1

9

May

-19

Jun

-19

Jul-

19

Au

g-1

9

Se

p-1

9

Oct-

19

No

v-1

9

De

c-1

9

Jan

-20

Ab

se

nce

ra

te (

%)

Staff Absence Rate by Month (Overall & Residential Services)

Oveall rate Overall minus Residential rate

1300

1350

1400

1450

1500

1550

3200

3400

3600

3800

4000

4200

4400

4600

# S

oc

ial

Wo

rke

rs (

WT

E)

# S

taff

(W

TE

)

Feb-19Mar-

19Apr-19

May-19

Jun-19 Jul-19Aug-19

Sep-19 Oct-19Nov-19

Dec-19

Jan-20 Feb-20

Total 3929 3955 3988 3993 3993 4002 4004 4025 4071 4102 4122 4122 4188

SW 1459 1482 1503 1516 1521 1513 1513 1506 1518 1531 1533 1530 1537

Total Staff (WTE) & Social Work (WTE), by month

Notes:

Open cases include cases held on intake, allocated and unallocated child welfare and protection and children in care cases

Chart 5/Chart 12: DSW/K/WW (Dublin South West/Kildare/West Wicklow); DSC (Dublin South Central); GY/RN (Galway/Roscommon); WD/WX (Waterford/Wexford); DNC (Dublin North City); CN/MN

(Cavan/Monaghan); DSE/WW (Dublin South East/Wicklow); SLWC (Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan); CW/KK/ST (Carlow/Kilkenny/South Tipperary); LH/MH (Louth/Meath); SWTSCSA (Social Work Team

Separated Children Seeking Asylum)

Chart 5: A case awaiting allocation may be “active” on a “duty” system. This means that there are actions being undertaken by a dedicated duty team or rotating social workers on a duty roster to progress the

protection and welfare of the child. Examples of actions being undertaken include telephone calls relating to the concern, visits to see children, completing initial assessments and child in care reviews or care

plans

Chart 7: The Child Protection Notification System (CPNS) is a national record of all children who are the subject of a child protection plan agreed at a child protection conference.

Chart 9: The number of children in private placements includes those children who have not yet reached 18 years of age on the last day of the reporting period and are in care in private foster care, private

residential care, secure out of state placements and ‘other’ private placements.

Chart 16: Number of staff is reported on a whole time equivalent (WTE) basis and relates to hours worked by employees during the month. Figures do not include staff off pay or the use of agency staff.

Chart 17: Absence rates are reported a month in arrears QA Directorate 28 April 2020