Statutory visits to children in foster care 'requires improvement' 

An internal Tusla Cork audit found that statutory visits to children in foster care were only taking place in just over a third of placements reviewed.

In 'Assurance Review: The Care Planning and Review arrangements for Children placed in Foster Care (Cork Area)', conducted by the National Practice Assurance and Service Monitoring Team in November 2019, the review team audited a random sample of 80 cases of children placed in foster care the previous January.