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The residential centre at Ballytobin was taken over by the HSE on Tuesday

HIQA reports abuse allegations at care home

The Health Information and Quality Authority says it has contacted gardaí to report allegations of serious abuse at a residential centre for disabled adults in Co Kilkenny.

News • 09 Jun 17

Katherine Zappone said Tusla is ready to sign a joint protocol with An Garda Síochána

Zappone requests Tusla report on boy in foster care

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has said she has requested an immediate report from Tusla into the case of a young boy who continues to live in foster care alongside an older child who allegedly abused him.

Ireland • 31 May 17

RTÉ Investigates: Child protection

RTÉ Investigates reveals further failures in Ireland's child protection system following yesterday's Government report

Video • 30 May 17

The ISPCC has called for immediate action to improve child protection

Tusla controversy: The case study of 'Mark'

RTÉ Investigates found a case where despite the existence of "credible" allegations of sexual abuse, Tusla fought to keep a child in a foster placement where the abuse was alleged to have occurred and without removing the risk itself.

Ireland • 30 May 17

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone said she believes Tusla is fit for purpose

'Greater co-operation' needed over child protection

The Government's Special Rapporteur for Child Protection Dr Geoffrey Shannon has said that "much greater co-operation" is needed between gardaí and Tusla to protect vulnerable children.

Ireland • 30 May 17

Unaccompanied minors being evacuated from the calais migrant camp last year

Govt urged to resolve issues to allow migrants arrive

Ireland is being urged to resolve security issues with Italy to allow for the arrival of more migrants.

Migration • 16 May 17

The report found ten of the 25 children who died in 2016 died of natural causes

Rise in child deaths in 2016, says NRP report

Twenty-five children died last year while in State care, in aftercare or while known to the protection services, an increase of four on 2015 with a rise in the number of young people who died in accidents.

Ireland • 10 May 17

Reviews found evidence of poor practice by Tusla, the child and family agency

Staff shortages highlighted in review of care deaths

Staff shortages and poor communication have been highlighted in a review of the deaths of four teenagers and a baby while in care.

Ireland • 10 May 17

HIQA published two inspection reports on foster care services today

HIQA raises concerns after foster care inspections

HIQA has said significant risks were found across a range of areas during an inspection of the Dublin South Central foster care service and management and monitoring systems in Care Visions fostering services required "significant improvement".

HIQA • 18 Apr 17

Review was tasked with finding out why it took two years to remove Mary from foster home

Review published into 'Mary' foster care case

A two-year delay in removing a young woman with intellectual disabilities from the home of a foster carer suspected of child sexual abuse was partly due to a failure to adhere to procedures.

Ireland • 29 Mar 17

Last week the HSE published two reports into failures at a foster home

HSE contacted gardaí three years after 'Grace' report

The HSE waited three years after the completion of a major report into the care of the vulnerable adult known as 'Grace' before contacting gardaí about publishing the report, despite telling the Dáil they were prevented from making it public due to a request from the force.

News • 17 Mar 17

Retired Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness says repeated child protection recommendations have not been acted on

Grace inquiry needs to 'look at what happened and how'

A retired Supreme Court judge, who led a major investigation into the Kilkenny Incest case in the 1990s, has said child protection services have been continually under resourced.

News • 02 Mar 17

Katherine Zappone described the events surrounding the McCabe controversy as 'very challenging'

Zappone meets Tusla in wake of McCabe controversy

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone has met the board of Tusla for the first time since the McCabe controversy.

News • 24 Feb 17

Fred McBride has apologised to people affected by mistakes of Tusla

Tusla: Confidence undermined by Sgt McCabe affair

Tusla has said public confidence in the system may have been undermined by recent revelations involving Sgt Maurice McCabe but that it was not reflective of the standards held by the agency.

News • 23 Feb 17

Forty unaccompanied minors who were living in an unofficial camp in Calais are to be accommodated in Ireland in the coming weeks

Govt told of flight risk with relocated refugees

The Government has been advised that there is a significant risk that some of the 40 child refugees being relocated to Ireland from migrant camps in France may try to flee to the UK.

News • 20 Feb 17

A tribunal of inquiry has been established to determine whether there was a smear campaign against Maurice McCabe

Source says McCabe file error was obvious

New information has emerged about the referral to Tusla relating to garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe, which included a false serious child abuse allegation.

News • 17 Feb 17

Barnardos CEO Fergus Finlay said Tusla has struggled with inadequate resources

Children's charities welcome Tusla investigation

The children's charity Barnardos has said it is inexcusable for Tusla to leave child abuse cases unallocated and ignored.

News • 14 Feb 17

Katherine Zappone addressing reporters outside the Dáil

Zappone contradicts Taoiseach on McCabe details

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone said she told the Taoiseach she had met garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe and his wife Lorraine before last week's Cabinet meeting and also mentioned allegations involving Tusla.

News • 13 Feb 17

Maurice McCabe intends to take a a case against the State

Tusla chief offers personal apology to McCabe

Tusla Chief Executive Fred McBride has said he has issued a written apology to Sergeant Maurice McCabe after it emerged that a false allegation of sexual abuse was made against the garda whistleblower.

News • 10 Feb 17

Payments are made by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency

Concern over cost of child advocates in court

The Public Accounts Committee has heard that certain individuals appointed to represent the interests of children in court proceedings were paid "more than the president".

News • 19 Jan 17

Tulsa says it is taking steps to address the recommendations of the reports

Absence of co-ordination in State care criticised

An independent review of the case of a vulnerable teenager who took his own life while in the care of the State has criticised the absence of co-ordination of his care by public agencies.

News • 16 Aug 16

The boy was taken to St James' Hospital where he died

Tusla investigating death of teenager in its care

Child and Family Agency Tusla has begun an investigation in the death of a 17-year-old boy in its care.

News • 04 May 16

The HSE says it is seeking legal advice before passing on the names of any individuals requested by Tusla

No staff names in HSE alleged foster abuse report

Tusla says it has yet to receive clarification as to whether any of its current staff were involved in decisions to leave an intellectually disabled woman known as 'Grace' in a foster home setting around which risks were raised.

News • 06 Mar 16

Maeve Lewis was commenting on yesterday's HIQA report into the referral of child abuse cases

Report shows lack of action on child abuse cases

Survivors' support group One in Four has said Tusla's investigations into entirely credible allegations of child sexual abuse throughout the State regularly conclude with no action being taken.

News • 05 Feb 16

Inspectors reviewed 258 case files and met five children as part of the review

177 referrals were on Tusla waiting list - HIQA

The social services watchdog has found that 177 cases of retrospective referrals of child abuse were awaiting allocation to social workers last August in Tusla's Dublin southeast and Wicklow area.

News • 04 Feb 16