High Court hears application to attach and commit Tusla CEO to prison

The application is over the agency’s alleged failure to comply with an order for a young teenager’s detention in special care

Kate Duggan, CEO of the Child and Family Agency (CFA), also known as Tusla. File picture: Naoise Culhane

Tusla’s chief executive Kate Duggan is facing an application for her attachment and committal to prison over the agency’s alleged failure to comply with an order for a young teenager’s detention in special care.

The latest application against the Child and Family Agency (CFA), also known as Tusla, marks an escalation in what applicants say are their efforts to secure bed spaces in one of the State’s three special care units, which are grappling with an acute staffing shortage.