Child protection and welfare referrals to Tusla double in a decade

Child protection and welfare referrals to Tusla double in a decade

latest annual report shows it received almost 92,000 child protection and welfare referrals last year — up 11% on 2022, and twice the number seen when Tusla was established in 2014.

Sat, 13 Jul, 2024 - 01:01
Cormac O'Keeffe Security Correspondent

The number of child protection and welfare referrals to Tusla has doubled in just a decade, with the latest surge blamed on the housing crisis, immigration, poverty, and domestic violence.

The agency’s latest annual report shows it received almost 92,000 child protection and welfare referrals last year — up 11% on 2022, and twice the number seen when Tusla was established in 2014.

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