Tusla to set up register of ‘struck off’ foster carers

The outgoing chief executive of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has said it will prioritise putting together a national register of foster carers who have been effectively struck off, sometimes due to possible child welfare concerns.

It comes as the agency said it did not have figures as to the number of foster carers who have been de-registered, as opposed to those who have elected voluntarily to stop fostering or who have retired.

Tusla does maintain up-to-date national tallies as to the number of foster carers, both approved and unapproved, inclusive of relative foster carers. These figures are published every quarter.