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# foster-care - Thursday 19 December, 2019
Tusla apologises to young woman for 'lack of support' after she was raped by her foster dad
He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 12 years in prison last month.
Rape survivor on waiving her anonymity: ‘I just wanted to say - this is who he is and this is what he did’
Ciara said she has received messages from other victims who are afraid to talk about their abuse.
# foster-care - Thursday 21 November, 2019
Ten-fold increase in a decade in number of children from State care reaching out for help
Children as young as five years old required the support of advocates last year.
# foster-care - Wednesday 13 November, 2019
Man jailed for 12 years for raping his 16-year-old foster daughter
The conviction followed a trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin last July.
# foster-care - Saturday 2 November, 2019
Chair of Tusla says 'journey of reform' lies ahead with further improvements needed 'on a daily basis'
The former Labour Party leader was addressing foster carers at a conference this morning.
# foster-care - Thursday 31 October, 2019
Foster carers finally given insurance cover by the State following three-year long battle
Some of the 4,500 foster carers in Ireland said the lack of cover had left them exposed
# foster-care - Thursday 3 October, 2019
Allocation of social workers to children in foster care 'chaotic', inspection finds
At the time of the inspection, 22% of children did not have an allocated social worker.
# foster-care - Thursday 23 May, 2019
Taoiseach will act upon report which lists catalogue of failures into HSE and Tusla handling of foster home abuse case
The children involved were left with a foster family for several years despite abuse claims.
# foster-care - Monday 8 April, 2019
Ombudsman criticises HSE and TUSLA over care for children with disabilities
The collaboration between the HSE and Tusla is still of concern, the ombudsman said.
# foster-care - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
New website launched to help explain to children in care why Tusla is in their lives
The website has been designed by young people with lived experience of the care system.
# foster-care - Monday 21 January, 2019
Judge told child in rural Irish town may have been trafficked
In another case the court heard a pre-school age child may have been sexually abused while in foster care.
# foster-care - Tuesday 25 September, 2018
Foster mother takes Tusla to High Court over refusal to consider her as adoptive parent for child
The woman had been caring for the boy from a few months after his birth until April of this year.
# foster-care - Monday 17 September, 2018
Nine-year-old boy in care moved five different times in 13 days
“His experience in care is augmenting his experience of harm that brought him into care,” the judge said.
# foster-care - Wednesday 20 June, 2018
Foster mother gets backdated payment of €28,600 after Tusla cut her allowances
The woman’s allowances were reduced significantly when her two children turned 18, despite them both having intellectual disabilities.
# foster-care - Saturday 14 April, 2018
Actor Barry Keoghan: '13 foster homes. If that's on paper you'd think "he's destined to mess up"'
The actor’s stock is growing in Hollywood, and he told Tubridy last night how his experiences growing up shaped him.
# foster-care - Thursday 5 April, 2018
'Deeply concerning': Foster services criticised over lack of garda vetting and shortfall in carers
The Health Information and Quality Authority released three inspection reports of foster care services in Ireland.
# foster-care - Monday 15 January, 2018
Child with Down Syndrome and severe autism who was abandoned at birth was 'not receiving sufficient HSE and Tusla support'
Tusla has committed to undertaking a “systemic review” of supports.
# foster-care - Friday 22 December, 2017
'They've two Christmasses. One with us and another with their birth family'
Foster carers describe the extra lengths they go to make sure that Christmas is a good time for the children in their care.
# foster-care - Thursday 16 November, 2017
Michael Noonan’s handling of the ‘Grace' case will be examined next year
‘Grace’ was left in an abusive foster home in the southeast of the country for 20 years.
# foster-care - Thursday 9 November, 2017
€19 million a year spent on private foster care because Tusla is overstretched
Oireachtas Children’s Committee will today recommend resources be used to recruit more social workers for public service.
# foster-care - Tuesday 29 August, 2017
'Out of control' teen admitted to hospital as Tusla had nowhere else to place him
The boy damaged his family home during a fight with his mother over unwashed clothing.
# foster-care - Tuesday 15 August, 2017
Report finds 30 foster carers in Mid-West not garda vetted
The Hiqa report also found a delay in reporting allegations of abuse to the gardaí.
# foster-care - Tuesday 8 August, 2017
Report into death of teen finds impact of separating her from younger sibling was not understood
‘Clare’ was in foster care when she took her own life.
Some foster carers in Kerry, Galway and Roscommon are not being vetted enough
Two new Hiqa reports have identified a number of shortcomings.
# foster-care - Sunday 30 July, 2017
'When I stopped working, I said I was going to put everything into these kids'
A woman who cares for her two grandchildren tells us how she’s been thwarted at every turn to seek greater supports from the State.
# foster-care - Thursday 20 July, 2017
'No Garda vetting, inadequate investigations' - Tusla slammed over standard of Cork foster care services
An inspection by health authority Hiqa has found that the Cork area shows ‘major non-compliance’ with accepted standards of foster care.
# foster-care - Tuesday 18 July, 2017
'We need consistency': Long delays by Tusla in dealing with abuse allegations, report says
The Ombudsman was critical of Tusla’s procedures for dealing with abuse allegations.
# foster-care - Sunday 16 July, 2017
Foster carers 'felt disrespected' by social workers, report finds
In all, 300 social workers and foster carers responded to a joint consultation from Tusla and the Irish Foster Care Association.
# foster-care - Friday 14 July, 2017
Children can now be adopted by their foster carers after 18 months
The Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 has passed its final stages in Dáil Éireann.
# foster-care - Wednesday 12 July, 2017
'This should be the bare minimum we expect': Fostering service to close down in wake of damning report
Fresh Start Foster Care Service said it was ceasing operations due to “ongoing difficulties in relation to retention and recruitment of staff”.
# foster-care - Friday 7 July, 2017
Boy put back into residential care after 'loving' foster parents didn't get supports they begged for
The child was doing well in school and had joined the local football club but needed extra psychological supports which the family did not receive.
# foster-care - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
'It's not always as straightforward': Tusla chief on removing children at high risk from State care
Tusla chief executive Fred McBride was speaking at the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs this morning.
# foster-care - Saturday 10 June, 2017
'They're extremely loyal. Even though they've grown up with neglect they just want to go home'
Guardians ad litem are appointed by the courts to give children a voice, but that task is by no means an easy one.
# foster-care - Saturday 27 May, 2017
'I was afraid of my father. I thought it was normal to be afraid of adults'
A new report from NUI Galway highlights the experiences of children in foster care in Ireland.
# foster-care - Sunday 21 May, 2017
'Behind each of these numbers is a child that needs help': The business of fostering in Ireland
The State spends over €100 million on foster care each year but Tusla’s role in providing this care is under sharp scrutiny.
# foster-care - Thursday 20 April, 2017
Child remains in care after parents refuse to answer phone or turn up to court hearing
The family court heard that the family had living arrangements “unsuitable for a young child”.
# foster-care - Tuesday 18 April, 2017
Foster service in south central Dublin had 'significant risks' for children
All other 21 headings “require improvement”.
# foster-care - Friday 24 March, 2017
'A monumental cock-up': HSE boss admits Grace case worker still in public service and on a full pension
The Director General of the HSE was before an Oireachtas committee yesterday to correct the record.
# foster-care - Wednesday 1 March, 2017
Allegations of abuse about another child at 'Grace' home reported to gardaí in 1996
The cases of four other service users were formally identified by An Garda Síochána.
# foster-care - Wednesday 28 December, 2016
'If we had simply accepted that ageist foster parents rule, it would still be with us'
In May, TheJournal.ie exclusively reported about the case where grandparents were told they were too old to be the foster carers of their grandchild.
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