Foster care systems ‘not robust’

A foster carer was not informed of a complaint made against them, while separately 79 foster carers in the south-east had not had a review for more than three years.

The findings are contained in a new Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) inspection report on Tusla foster care services in the Wexford Waterford service area, echoing some of the conclusions from a broader report by the health watchdog into how Tusla, the child and Family agency, deals with retrospective allegations of abuse.

That report criticised the standard of overall record keeping and communication when it came to allegations or complaints.