Child and Family Agency must act as ‘good parent’, according to Children’s Ombudsman

The Ombudsman for Children has said the Child and Family Agency will have to tackle “systematic problems” in providing services for children — including those in care.

Emily Logan made the comments as she provided a copy of a new report conducted by her office, A Meta-analysis of Repetitive Root Cause Issues Regarding Children in Care, to the Oireachtas.

Ms Logan said 10% of the 900 complaints dealt with by her office in the past decade related to children in the care system and that some issues raised years ago still existed in parts of the system.