Growing number of children with complex needs coming into the care system

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is coping with an increasing number of children with complex needs entering the care system. Stock picture

Tusla is to place more emphasis on supporting relative foster carers amid a rise in cases of children with more complex needs coming into the care system.

Bernard Gloster, Tusla CEO, said there has been a rise in foster placements where young people are placed further from home, often due to the availability of suitable carers.