Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I had several meetings with the HSE and Tusla regarding a particular child. There was a child protection issue for the whole family based on the child engaging in self-harm. He was an 11-year-old. As an organisation, Tusla promised the sun, moon and stars as regards supports. There were no supports forthcoming and, when the holidays came, the mother was unable to take the child back home. She just could not because of the danger posed to herself, the child and her other children.