Local TD expresses concerns with the number of staff leaving Tusla
A Sligo Leitrim TD has expressed concern over the difficulties that Tusla the Child and family agency are experiencing when it comes to retaining staff. More than 700 Tusla employees have left the agency over the last 21 months. According to details released under the Freedom…
Tusla officially opens new office space in Donegal Town
Tusla, The Child and Family Agency has opened a brand-new Primary Care Centre in Donegal Town. The new facility was officially opened yesterday. This new office accommodation caters for Tusla Donegal’s Family Support Service, Fostering Service and children in care support team and its Donegal child protection area team, as…
Parents that followed Covid regulations ae now being referred to TUSLA
A North Leitrim councillor is strongly criticising the practice of schools being forced to notify Tusla in cases where a student misses more 20 school days in the year. Cllr Padraig Fallon says that this course of action is a slap in the face’ to parents who obeyed Covid…
Construction of Donegal Town Primary Care Centre due to finish by months end
Construction of the new state of the art Primary Care Centre located at Drumlonagher, Donegal Town is due to finish at the end of the month. Fitting out the building with all the necessary medical equipment is estimated to take around three months with hopes it can open by October…
Concern over some children left without care plans
There are almost 30 children in the Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan area without up to date care plans. That’s according to figures from the child and family agency Tusla. As of June, there were 5,957 children care across the country. 91 per cent are in foster care – either…
Tusla Child and Family agency is to launch National Fostering Week in Sligo and Leitrim
The Tusla Child and Family agency is to launch a new public information campaign to recruit more foster carers in the counties of Sligo and Leitrim. The campaign, which is the first of its type by the agency, aims to dispel all the misconceptions that surrounds who might foster and…
12 emergency care orders issued for children in Donegal in 2017
The Child and Family agency received 12 emergency care orders for children under 18 years of age in Donegal in 2017. Emergency care orders are sought by Tusla when it believes a child is at immediate risk. Nationally Tusla obtained 150 such orders for children at risk nationwide. They last…