Twelve children were murdered while in or known to child protection services

Peadar Toibin said: "Children under the care of the State, or for whom concerns have been reported to the State, should not be dying at such a colossal rate from suicide, murder and drug overdose." Photo: Collins

There have been 12 children either under State care or known to child protection services who have been murdered over the last decade.

Tusla has confirmed to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín through a parliamentary question that it has reported the murders of the 11 children, known to the State's child protection services, along with one child in State care over the past 10 years.