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01/05/2015
Tusla Files Discovery 'Deeply Worrying' - SF
The discovery of hundreds of unidentified Tusla files and Garda referrals is "deeply worrying", Sinn Féin Children's Spokesperson Sandra McLellan has said.
Teachta McLellan said that the files, found in the Laois-Offaly area is a "cause for alarm".
"We have been confronted with news of negligence on numerous occasions as recently as last month with the publishing of a HIQA report in to child protection and welfare services in the Cork which found that more than one in four children, who had been the subject of a referral, did not have an allocated social worker.
"It's well known that social services are under enormous pressures due to shortages of staff and resources. I'm afraid today's news is symptomatic of a wider problem in the system. Children need to be given priority when it comes to legal protection and care. A fully-resourced child protection and child welfare system is needed.
"A root and branch exercise in investigation now needs to happen as to why such a catastrophic mistake like this could happen. As the ISPCC have stated, Tusla needs to put the same review systems into place for all social work departments so that nothing comparable happens again in the future."
(MH/CD)
Teachta McLellan said that the files, found in the Laois-Offaly area is a "cause for alarm".
"We have been confronted with news of negligence on numerous occasions as recently as last month with the publishing of a HIQA report in to child protection and welfare services in the Cork which found that more than one in four children, who had been the subject of a referral, did not have an allocated social worker.
"It's well known that social services are under enormous pressures due to shortages of staff and resources. I'm afraid today's news is symptomatic of a wider problem in the system. Children need to be given priority when it comes to legal protection and care. A fully-resourced child protection and child welfare system is needed.
"A root and branch exercise in investigation now needs to happen as to why such a catastrophic mistake like this could happen. As the ISPCC have stated, Tusla needs to put the same review systems into place for all social work departments so that nothing comparable happens again in the future."
(MH/CD)
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