Teacher seeks order requiring HSE to vindicate his name

A HSE social worker should be silenced or disciplined for continuing to tell parents that a suspended teacher, who was cleared of sexually abusing three pupils, should not have been reinstated, the High Court was told.

Despite three trials and a separate HSE finding that the allegations against the man were “inconclusive,” parents are allegedly unhappy with the decision to reinstate him since April last year. Before returning, he agreed to allow CCTV to be installed in the classroom and the door of the room kept open while he teaches in the national school.

The teacher is now seeking court orders requiring the HSE to fully vindicate his name and ensure all material submitted to the national vetting bureau system, which protects children and vulnerable people from potential abusers, is withdrawn.