Child removed from chaotic facility after inspection

Such was the level of chaos at one of the country’s non-HSE-run children’s homes that following an onsite inspection, a social work team decided to terminate the placement of one child as it was believed the young person was at “no greater risk at home with their family of origin as when placed in the centre”.

The 2011 inspection, comp-leted by the HSE’s Registration and Inspection Service, revealed that in one home, two of the four children were missing at the time of inspection — without explanation.

An “inappropriate relationship” between three of the young people had also been discovered at one point last year.