One in five emergency care orders are for babies under 12 months, Tusla figures show

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency (CFA) obtained more emergency care orders (ECOs) for babies aged less than 12 months old than for any other age category amongst children in 2017.

That is according to new figures from Tusla which show that in 2017, it obtained 150 ECOs for children at risk under the age of 18 nationwide.