# tusla - Saturday 22 July, 2017
# Get Up To Speed
# Get Up To Speed
16 days in to the Disclosures Tribunal, we give you a breakdown of what people said happened and when they said it did.
# tusla - Thursday 20 July, 2017
# Inadequate
# Inadequate
An inspection by health authority Hiqa has found that the Cork area shows ‘major non-compliance’ with accepted standards of foster care.
# tusla - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
# Policy Briefing
# Policy Briefing
Eoin Ó Broin said that the Housing Department was “knowingly releasing incorrect monthly homeless figures”.
# Your Say
# Your Say
A report this morning suggests that the number of children home-schooled in Ireland has doubled in the past five years.
# Tusla
# Tusla
A new report from the Ombudsman highlighted case studies where Tusla failed to adequately investigate abuse allegations.
# tusla - Tuesday 18 July, 2017
# Taking Stock
# Taking Stock
The Ombudsman was critical of Tusla’s procedures for dealing with abuse allegations.
# tusla - Sunday 16 July, 2017
# Historical Abuse
# Historical Abuse
The woman at the centre of an historical abuse allegation has written to the DPP asking for the reasons as to why her father was not charged.
# Vulnerable Children
# Vulnerable Children
In all, 300 social workers and foster carers responded to a joint consultation from Tusla and the Irish Foster Care Association.
# tusla - Friday 14 July, 2017
# Adoption Bill
# Adoption Bill
The Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 has passed its final stages in Dáil Éireann.
# tusla - Wednesday 12 July, 2017
# HIQA
# HIQA
Fresh Start Foster Care Service said it was ceasing operations due to “ongoing difficulties in relation to retention and recruitment of staff”.
# tusla - Tuesday 11 July, 2017
# Disclosures Tribunal
# Disclosures Tribunal
At the Disclosures Tribunal today, senior Tusla manager Gerard Lowry denied he was trying to blame others for “catastrophic errors”.
# tusla - Monday 10 July, 2017
# Disclosures Tribunal
# Disclosures Tribunal
The Disclosures Tribunal has heard that the false Maurice McCabe child sex allegations were ‘absolutely coincidences’.
# tusla - Friday 7 July, 2017
# Charleton Tribunal
# Charleton Tribunal
The Disclosures Tribunal has heard how a HSE social work team leader wrote to gardaí about the claims in 2013.
# tusla - Thursday 29 June, 2017
# Disability
# Disability
Edel Dooley and her husband Anton spoke this morning on RTÉ’s Today with Sean O’Rourke about their eight-year-old son Jacob.
# tusla - Monday 26 June, 2017
# Frustration
# Frustration
The HSE’s dealings with ‘Mary’ has seen it issue her with a number of apologies since 2010.
# tusla - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
# Foster Care
# Foster Care
Tusla chief executive Fred McBride was speaking at the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs this morning.
# tusla - Friday 16 June, 2017
# Finding A Solution
# Finding A Solution
The case had been brought before the High Court by the teenager’s guardian ad litem.
# Nowhere To Go
# Nowhere To Go
There is no suitable placement for the teenager, who has a history of self harm.
# tusla - Monday 12 June, 2017
# Children In Care
# Children In Care
This case is just one of 22 being highlighted by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today.
# tusla - Saturday 10 June, 2017
# Children In Care
# Children In Care
Guardians ad litem are appointed by the courts to give children a voice, but that task is by no means an easy one.
# tusla - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
# Child Care Act
# Child Care Act
A report published yesterday found chronic systemic failures in the functions carried out by Tusla.
# tusla - Monday 29 May, 2017
# Tusla
# Tusla
A report published today found serious issues with inter-agency cooperation when dealing with vulnerable children taken from their parents.
# tusla - Saturday 27 May, 2017
# Foster Care
# Foster Care
A new report from NUI Galway highlights the experiences of children in foster care in Ireland.
# tusla - Tuesday 23 May, 2017
# Ombudsman For Children
# Ombudsman For Children
The Ombudsman for Children is concerned that this is a children’s rights issue and plan to pursue the issue in 2017.
# tusla - Monday 22 May, 2017
# Reform
# Reform
McBride was speaking at the launch of Tusla’s new child protection and welfare strategy for 2017-2022.
# tusla - Sunday 21 May, 2017
# Vulnerable Children
# Vulnerable Children
The State spends over €100 million on foster care each year but Tusla’s role in providing this care is under sharp scrutiny.
# tusla - Monday 15 May, 2017
# Cyber Attack
# Cyber Attack
The Department of Communications described the global cyber attack as “unprecedented”.
# tusla - Thursday 11 May, 2017
# Social Services
# Social Services
The National Review Panel released five case studies of vulnerable children who died.
# tusla - Thursday 27 April, 2017
# Abuse
# Abuse
Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness said that the settlement was appropriate, but questioned whether anything had changed at the HSE and Tusla.
# tusla - Friday 21 April, 2017
# Progress
# Progress
The judge adjourned the case until October, when the mother and child’s progress will be seen.
# tusla - Thursday 20 April, 2017
# Urgent Problems
# Urgent Problems
No further admissions will be made to the Tusla centre until these issues are fixed.
# Travel Expenses
# Travel Expenses
“Obviously, in hindsight, it was wrong, there is no question about that,” Richard Hickey said.
# Family Court
# Family Court
The family court heard that the family had living arrangements “unsuitable for a young child”.
# tusla - Wednesday 19 April, 2017
# Courts
# Courts
The teen had been unable to explain how he came into possession of quantities of cash, counsel said.
# tusla - Tuesday 18 April, 2017
# Court
# Court
The judge rejected an application to return the children home to their father.
# tusla - Monday 3 April, 2017
# Tusla
# Tusla
Three children were last year placed at a facility in northern England that was the subject of a recent, highly-critical documentary concerning the standard of care delivered there.
# tusla - Sunday 2 April, 2017
# Welcome
# Welcome
This brings to 25 the number of children separated from their loved ones by the migrant crisis who have been accepted into Ireland.
# Tusla
# Tusla
There are many challenges around mental health and cultural identity in particular.
# tusla - Wednesday 29 March, 2017
# FOSTER CARE ABUSE
# FOSTER CARE ABUSE
Yesterday, Cabinet was informed about new disability protocols which will cost €7 million per year.
# tusla - Thursday 9 March, 2017
# Reports
# Reports
Mattie McGrath said the numbers were “horrifying and deeply disturbing”.
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