Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Foster Care Issues and the Loss of Positive Care Services: Engagement with Tusla

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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In response to a parliamentary question I tabled, I was told that some children accessing CAMHS in south Kerry were also offered supports through Tusla. Parents have told me that social workers in Tusla often sit in on the consultations between the psychiatrist and the child. I have spoken to parents whose children were mistreated. I met those families in Tralee. They feel they were mistreated or the parents feel that their children were misdiagnosed. They told me they feel not only that CAMHS failed their children but also that Tusla let them down with this process. Were there any conversations between the HSE and Tusla about south Kerry and the Maskey report?