Family: Gardaí have questions to answer over this

A Roma family whose child was wrongly taken from them on Monday due to claims she was not related to her parents said gardaí have “very serious” questions to answer over the case.

Speaking through their solicitor Waheed Mudah outside Dublin District Court last night, the Tallaght-based family — who cannot be identified in order to protect the child’s identity — said they have been left traumatised by what happened.

On Monday, the family’s 7-year-old daughter was taken by gardaí under section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991.