Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2025
613. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) in Cork will be closing mid-January; and whether she will intervene to keep this vital service open and expand its staffing to allow it to reach its full potential. [73402/25]
View answerTusla has indicated that the services provided from Liberty Street House will continue to be provided.
Tusla is undertaking a Reform Programme which will continue to meet the needs of service users of Liberty Street Services. The preventative aspect of work undertaken in Liberty Street Services will align with Family Support and Safety and Welfare structures and all relevant cases in Liberty Street Services will continue to be worked on within newly aligned Tusla networks in 2026.
Liberty Street Services provides a domestic violence and abuse support service. Under the Reform Programme, the focus will shift towards the impact of domestic violence on children, bringing an expertise developed in Liberty Street Services to the Front Door Teams across networks. Equally, Liberty Street staff who have developed a skillset in working with teenagers will continue to utilise these relational skills.
Tusla Structural Reform will bring opportunities to the young people and families that Liberty Street Services work with. It will also deliver an integrative response of early intervention/family support and child welfare – which Liberty Street Services has responded to in a myriad of ways since it opened.
I appreciate all of the work done by the team in Liberty Street House on behalf of the state and local government.
