Charities have held off signing amid ongoing efforts to persuade Tusla to review funding arrangements
While some of the 13 charities, which are members of the Voluntary Care Collective , signed the agreements, “around half” have not, said Terry Dignan, VCC chair and director of services with Don Bosco Care.
Since May 2022 the VCC, which provide almost 20 per cent of residential care beds and employ 400, have written to Tusla six times stating their concerns, “with no meaningful response”. They say they are haemorrhaging staff and running increasing deficits, potentially putting them in breach of company law.
Meanwhile, he noted, while Tusla increased funding to for-profit private care providers by €33.6 million between 2016 and 2019, the increase to the voluntary sector was just €1.6 million.
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