Fostering service struggling to recruit carers

Hiqa inspectors identified historical backlogs in Cork, the service area with the highest number of children in care

Tusla is still having difficulties in its fostering service due to the challenges of recruiting foster carers, with a new report showing some areas had major non-compliance with standards in the past two years. File picture

Tusla is still having difficulties in its fostering service due to the challenges of recruiting foster carers, with a new report showing some areas had major non-compliance with standards in the past two years.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) published an overview report of the inspection of the Child and Family Agency’s (Tusla’s) foster care services in 2019 and 2020 and inspected the 17 Tusla service areas on six standards.