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Almost 5,500 sex abuse referrals made to children’s agency last year

There were 5,467 child sex-abuse referrals to Tusla in 2023. This makes up 6% of the 91,924 referrals received by the child and family agency last year, the chief executive of the organisation told an Oireachtas committee on Tuesday. Kate Duggan ...

21 May 2024 at 16:46

National News

Huge deficits in provision of state care for some children, says Varadkar

Lack of funding is not the reason Ireland is experiencing huge deficits in how vulnerable children are cared for, the Taoiseach has said. Leo Varadkar was commenting on issues facing the under-pressure child and family agency Tusla. Earlier ...

30 Jul 2023 at 00:01

National News

Health watchdog report into State care of separated children ‘very concerning’

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has said a report from the health watchdog into the treatment of unaccompanied children who arrive in Ireland was “very concerning”. The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) published a ...

26 Jul 2023 at 12:26

Judge expresses concern over Ireland’s provision for children in state care

National News

Judge expresses concern over how Ireland provides for children in state care

A judge has warned that Ireland’s Child and Family Agency (Tusla) is at crisis point, saying there is a shortage of both suitable placements and qualified staff. District Judge Dermot Simms has written to Government ministers and ...

17 Jul 2023 at 10:58

National News

Tusla paid one firm over €8m for accomodation for children in care

TUSLA HAS paid more than €8m to a private company providing emergency accommodation for children in care under special emergency arrangements. In reply to a parliamentary question submitted by Aontú to the Minister for Children, ...

10 Aug 2023 at 11:20

Local News

Creeslough survivors concerned over closure of vital counselling service

Survivors of the Creeslough explosion and family members of those who died in the 2022 tragedy have been left fearful over the impending closure of a vital counselling service in Donegal. The Raphoe Diocesan Pastoral Services ...

16 Jan 2024 at 17:47

National News

Only child counselling services in Co Donegal to stop operating from mid-March

A pastoral centre has said that it will stop offering counselling services in Co Donegal after it was not able to get funding for a full-time director of counselling. The Raphoe Diocesan Pastoral Services said it is the only ...

15 Jan 2024 at 19:04

Local News

Tusla delays highlighted in HIQA inspection

HIQA, the health watchdog, has found major issues in an inspection of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in Donegal. The inspection, carried out last August, centred on the implementation of a Child Abuse Substantiation ...

10 Jan 2024 at 11:17

National News

Tusla has ‘cut engagement with’ two for-profit agencies following audit

Tusla has “stopped engaging with” two for-profit agencies that carry out services for it following an audit, a committee has heard. The child and family agency told TDs that an issue emerged during an audit and in ...

29 Feb 2024 at 14:21

National News

Investigation underway after Tusla placed 'vulnerable' children into unregulated accommodation

An investigation is underway following allegations that Tusla placed vulnerable children into unregulated emergency accommodation. The Dáil has heard that a garda investigation is underway following allegations ...

29 Feb 2024 at 07:36

National News

Garda operation for missing children ‘under review’

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has said the garda operation focusing on missing children is being reviewed, after it was reported that 62 asylum-seeking children have disappeared from state care after ...

14 Dec 2023 at 17:35

Local News

Talks continue in bid to save vital counselling service in Donegal facing closure

Hopes have heightened that a vital counselling service in Donegal can be saved. The Raphoe Diocesan Pastoral Services, which is helping 120 people and has a 350-person waiting list, announced last month that ...

08 Feb 2024 at 16:04

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