Vivian Geiran: Tusla failings reflect deep-seated problems with cost and demand
Judge Conor Fottrell described Tusla’s failures to assign a social worker in those cases as '…shocking and appalling behaviour…'.
Last week, a court judgement by District Court judge Conor Fottrell regarding the failure by Tusla — the child and family agency — to have a social worker allocated to around 250 children in State care in the Greater Dublin area, contrary to court orders and good practice, was published.
It attracted widespread attention from various quarters, including from the Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW).





