Hiqa escalates matters to Tusla managers after finding risks to children in Cork and Dublin

The oversight body found that while Tusla has undertaken substantial initiatives in recruitment, there are challenges in that area and in retaining staff like social workers in services that had substantial waiting lists.

Risks to individual children had to be escalated to Tusla area managers during inspections of its child protection and welfare services by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa), the watchdog has said.

In Cork and Dublin South Central, the responses Hiqa got at regional level didn’t provide the “necessary assurances” which led it to escalate matters to Tusla’s CEO.