A child in Tusla’s foster care service was not visited by a social worker for over three years, a damning report has revealed.
The inspection review by the Health Information and Quality Authority has also shown there were at least 63 children in foster care overdue a statutory visit at the end of March this year in the north city area of Dublin. Throughout the HIQA report, it became apparent through a review of files that there were significant periods where children in care were not visited in line with statutory requirements.
The watchdog has said Tusla’s Dublin North City area has provided it with “satisfactory assurances” in relation to how the service was addressing these urgent issues. Eilidh MacNab, Dublin North East Regional Chief Officer, said she “fully acknowledged” that there were areas of practice that were not to the high standards expected.
