Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 February 2026
945. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of private companies and charities registered by Tusla's Alternative Care Inspection and Monitoring Service as children's homes; and to provide a list of same. [9909/26]
View answerIn line with the provisions of Part VIII of the Child Care Act, 1991, Tusla’s Alternative Care Inspection and Monitoring Service (ACIMS) is responsible for the registration and inspection of non-statutory (private and voluntary) children’s residential centres. On this basis, all non-statutory centres are required to be registered with Tusla before commencing operation and it is an offence to operate without registration being secured.
Tusla has advised that ACIMS is not in a position to supply the names and address of individually registered centres as to do so may lead to the identification of the at risk children who are resident in these centres. A high-level breakdown of the current number of registered centres operated by the various private and voluntary agencies involved is presented as follows:
Current number of registered centres operated by the various private and voluntary agencies
|
Agency Name |
No. of Centres Registered per Agency |
|
24 HR Care Services Residential Division |
2 |
|
Ann's Childrens Care Ireland |
5 |
|
Ashdale Care Ireland Ltd |
28 |
|
Bridge Care Residential |
1 |
|
Brighter Futures for Children Ltd |
3 |
|
Care Ireland |
4 |
|
Childhood Matters |
1 |
|
Clarion Healthcare Limited |
2 |
|
Clover Care |
3 |
|
Colden Care Ltd |
3 |
|
Compass Child and Family Service, Ltd |
4 |
|
Crosscare |
1 |
|
Curam Nua Ltd |
2 |
|
Daffodil Care Services |
16 |
|
Don Bosco Care |
2 |
|
Dunlicky View Residential Holdings Ltd |
1 |
|
Eden Social Care Ltd |
1 |
|
Emerald Care |
2 |
|
Extern Ireland |
2 |
|
Focus Ireland |
5 |
|
Foscadh Og Ltd |
2 |
|
Fresh Start |
10 |
|
Future Foundations Services Ltd |
3 |
|
Galtee Clinic Ltd. |
3 |
|
GLENARM CARE LTD |
2 |
|
Good Shepherd Cork |
1 |
|
Harmony Residential Care Ltd. |
8 |
|
Huruma CLG t/a Wellsprings |
1 |
|
Kare Plus Wexford |
1 |
|
Kellsgrange Residential Services Ltd |
1 |
|
Laragh Family Support |
1 |
|
McCare Limited |
3 |
|
Meas Mor |
1 |
|
Medforce |
1 |
|
Misty Croft Ltd |
6 |
|
National Childcare Residential Services |
1 |
|
New Beginnings |
1 |
|
NISSI Healthcare |
1 |
|
Novas Initiatives |
1 |
|
Odyssey Social Care |
18 |
|
Orchard Residential Care Ltd |
11 |
|
Pathways Ireland |
9 |
|
Rainbow Community Services |
3 |
|
Real Holistic Healthcare Services Ltd |
1 |
|
Reign Healthcare |
1 |
|
Rowan Child & Parent Services |
2 |
|
Sherrard House |
1 |
|
Smyly Trust |
2 |
|
Solis DMC Children's Services |
4 |
|
Solis EMC Children's Services |
7 |
|
Solis GMC Children's Services |
4 |
|
Solis SMC Children's Services |
7 |
|
Spring Life Ltd |
1 |
|
St. Bernard's Children's Services |
2 |
|
Streetline Ltd |
1 |
|
Teach Nua Care Services Ltd |
2 |
|
Tender Health Care |
2 |
|
TerraGlen Residential Care Services Ltd. |
5 |
|
The Cottage Home Child & Family Services |
2 |
|
The Peter McVerry Trust |
6 |
|
Three Steps |
2 |
|
Traveller Families Care |
2 |
|
Tús Nua Childcare Services |
1 |
|
Victoria Healthcare Organisation Ltd |
3 |
|
White Sand Consultancy Ltd |
3 |
|
YERIA LTD |
6 |
|
Zamab care |
1 |
|
Total Number of centres |
247 |
