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Minister Asks Tusla to Review Cases Closed During Covid
Minister Norma Foley has ordered wellbeing reviews of all child cases closed during the Covid-19 pandemic amid concerns raised by Tusla following a missing child investigation.
- On Wednesday, Children's Minister Norma Foley asked Tusla's chief executive to carry out wellbeing checks on cases closed during Covid-19, prioritising those that were closed, and Tusla agreed to undertake these checks.
- After concerns were raised on Friday, Tusla, Ireland's child and family agency, reported that their engagement with the missing boy's family ceased five years ago with no new referrals until Friday's report to gardaí.
- Foley added that Tusla is conducting a rapid review of its engagement with the family, which will be sent to the National Review Panel; she said, `We know in this instance, a young couple who were expecting a child felt that they were not in the position to look after that child, wanted to give up the child for adoption`.
- Gardaí are continuing searches in Donabate, County Dublin, using excavation equipment and the Garda Technical Bureau, with Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly confirming the boy is ‘missing, presumed dead.’
- TDs and opposition figures called for all pandemic-era closed cases to be reviewed and highlighted oversight gaps for children under the age of five, following the second missing-child case involving Tusla.
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Search for missing boy prompts review of closed child agency cases
Gardai are searching for a boy who was last seen years ago and is now feared dead.
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Minister Norma Foley at Government Buildings (Niall Carson/PA) Niall Carson Irish authorities are searching for a seven-year-old boy who has been missing for years and is now feared dead. Gardai are investigating the disappearance of the child, who last lived in an apartment in Donabate, north Dublin. Concerns for the boy were raised by Ireland's child and family agency Tusla and reported to gardai on Friday. Gardai began searching open ground i…
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