Impact of cyberattack 'worse than Covid' on child protection cases

Initial childcare proceedings, and full care orders, are most impacted as a result of the cyberattack on the HSE.

The Child and Family Agency has said children are still being admitted to care in the normal way but admitted that the cyberattack has caused other difficulties in childcare proceedings.

Tusla operates with much of the same IT infrastructure as the HSE and has had its systems crippled as a result of the ransomware attack that was launched last month.