Leaving a child alone without proper supervision could be considered neglect under child protection laws. Tusla (The Child and Family Agency) says children under 14 are rarely mature enough to be left ...

The owner of a business paid tens of millions by Tusla and the HSE to look after vulnerable people has said he didn’t spend ...

New apprenticeship model for social workers via UCC masters should see an improvement in numbers and diversity entering the job Judge Conor Fottrell described Tusla’s failures to assign a social ...

In a judgment issued this week, Judge Conor Fottrell said Tusla had failed to have regard to the best interests of the children who were left without allocated social workers. Judge Fottrell ...

According to Tusla, children "must never be left alone," so parents should make arrangements for their children to be cared for by trusted friends or with a childcare service or minder.

The Health Information and Quality Authority has revealed that Tusla significantly under-reported child welfare cases who were not allocated social workers over a nine month period. Between ...

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For Andrea Duffy, SCP coordinator with Tusla, the child and family agency, these are the moments that make a difference. “They’ll often come and meet us in the school, even if they’re ...