Parents report ‘soft coercion’ from Tusla

Some parents whose children are placed in care voluntarily experience “soft coercion” where they are told that if they refuse to sign a voluntary care agreement, a court order will be obtained.

That is according to the preliminary findings of the Voluntary Care in Ireland Study by Kenneth Burns, Conor O’Mahony, and Rebekah Brennan of the School of Applied Social Studies and School of Law at UCC.