HSE and Tusla ‘failing children with disabilities’

Both the HSE and Tusla are still falling short when it comes to ensuring adequate services and supports for children with disabilities in the care of the State — a year after a critical report highlighted inadequacies in one particular case.

Last year, the Children’s Ombudsman looked at the case of Molly, a girl born with Down syndrome and severe autism and abandoned at birth by her biological parents.