HSE and Tusla ‘falling short on care for children’

It is “incomprehensible” that the HSE and Tusla have still not identified hundreds of children with disabilities in state care two years after a critical report by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) highlighted inadequacies in one particular case.

Although significant progress has been made to improve supports available to children with moderate to profound disabilities in the care of the State, the HSE and Tusla are still falling short when it comes to adequately planning for their care.