Increase in number of referrals to Tusla

New data from Tusla shows a rise of more than 6,000 referrals to the Child and Family Agency last year, with a corresponding rise in the number of cases awaiting social worker allocation, including 20% of cases deemed “high priority”.

The data also shows the number of cases of retrospective abuse awaiting allocation tripled, from 394 at the start of the year to 1,058 at the end of last December.