Grooming of young girls in state care must be thoroughly probed following the publication of a damning report, a TD has said.
Sinn Fein deputy Kathleen Funchion has called on HIQA and Tusla to launch a full investigation after the findings were made public. The TD, who is also the party’s spokesperson on Children, spoke after the Protecting Against Predators report found older men have targeted vulnerable young girls in state care homes.
She said: "Findings gathered in Protecting Against Predators, a UCD policy-commissioned report, are extremely disturbing. It is totally unacceptable that children as young as 12 are being targeted by organised criminal gangs of older men intent on causing harm and committing crimes.
