Tusla abuse probes often result in ‘no action’

Abuse survivor charity One in Four has said Tusla investigations into abuse allegations, it believes to be “entirely credible”, regularly result in no action being taken.

The criticism came as the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) report found 177 child abuse cases referred to Tusla were awaiting social workers since last August in Dublin south east and Wicklow. The lengthy waiting list has been blamed on a lack of staff in the system.

However, executive director of One on Four Maeve Lewis said it was “very dissatisfied” with the quality of many assessments of retrospective allegations of abuse.