Tusla to review 700 unaddressed case files

The Child and Family Agency says it is hopeful no other area of the country will reveal unaddressed files as was the case in Portlaoise, following a national audit of cases awaiting allocation.

Tusla said the national audit is completed and a report is in the process of being drafted for submission to the Department of Children, with the majority of the 17 areas having also been inspected by health watchdog Hiqa and “nothing of the nature of the Laois/Offaly issue has emerged”.

The reassurances came a day after Tusla revealed that approximately 700 previously unidentified files had been found in an office in Portlaoise, alongside 822 garda referrals.