Close to 3,000 incidents where children in residential care or those working with them injured

There were almost 3,000 incidents last year in which either children in residential care or those working with them were injured, including hundreds of cases in which young people required medical attention.

New data released by Tusla in response to requests made using the Freedom of Information Act shows there was a total of 2,987 incidents recorded in the various residential care centres last year, including 622 in which a young person required first aid, at a minimum.

There were 486 instances in which a young person in care required first aid treatment following an incident, and another 136 cases in which medical attention was provided following a young person in care being hurt in an accident.