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Staff shortages blamed for ‘significant drift’ in Tusla cases in Louth-Meath

Ireland’s health watchdog has found that children and families in the Louth-Meath area who need access to Tusla’s child protection and welfare services face long wait times, with “some cases drifting for long periods”. “The quality of safety ...

16 Aug 2022 at 15:48

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Tusla is seeking to recruit foster parents in county Tipperary

Tusla, the child and family agency, is encouraging Tipperary people to consider becoming foster parents as it raises awareness of fostering during National Fostering Week this week. Now in its third year, the campaign focuses on the need to ...

22 Feb 2022 at 18:03

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Child benefit should be cut for parents of children who miss school regularly - TD

Parents whose children miss school regularly should have their child benefit payments cut, according to Deputy Denis Naughten. New figures show Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has sent warning letters to nearly 3,000 parents over the ...

26 May 2022 at 15:43

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'Change a life' - Tusla launches urgent national Foster Care Recruitment appeal across Ireland

Tusla - Child and Family Agency today (Monday September 12) launches a Fostering Recruitment Campaign. The aim of the campaign is to recruit new foster carers to meet the growing demand for placements, as a result of the ongoing ...

12 Sept 2022 at 15:32

National News

New boss hired to run the HSE

The current boss of the child and family agency Tusla has been named the new head of the Health Service Executive. The HSE confirmed on Friday that Bernard Gloster has been appointed as chief executive. It said his appointment ...

16 Dec 2022 at 11:39

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Chief Executive of Tusla said online harassment is posing threat to staff safety

The Chief Executive of Child and Family Agency Tusla has said the online harassment faced by frontline staff poses a real-life threat to their safety and privacy and could hamper the agency's ability to retain social workers ...

12 Nov 2021 at 15:43

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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 ...

21 May 2024 at 16:46

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Ultimate goal is to have a bed for every domestic violence victim – Minister McEntee

The justice minister has said the “ultimate goal” for domestic violence policy is to have a bed for anyone who needs to flee their home. Helen McEntee said the long-term plan is to ensure every county across the country ...

16 Feb 2022 at 14:36

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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 ...

30 Jul 2023 at 00:01

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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 ...

26 Jul 2023 at 12:26

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

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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 ...

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 ...

10 Aug 2023 at 11:20

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