Staff 'scrambling' to keep children in State care safe from sexual exploitation

A review is currently being undertaken by Tusla of current child sexual exploitation concerns in residential care.

Staff are “scrambling” to keep safe some children suspected of being criminally sexually exploited, according to the latest volume of reports of cases relating to children in State care.

The latest batch of reports published by the Child Law Project includes a number of cases where children were suspected of being sexually exploited or being used for criminal purposes.