Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla

2:00 pm

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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I am trying to get my head around this and I am sure the general public is asking why this review was carried out. Why was there a HIQA investigation? The Minister looked for it and it came out of a retrospective allegation. That is where this all came from. I am seeing an anomaly here. An ICT system has been built but does not address retrospective cases. We do not have the protocol signed at present. Is the Children Act fit for purpose to address the roles of An Garda Síochána and Tusla? Mr. Quinlan stated that Tusla used not do this retrospective work - where did it fall?